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    A Nonprofit Community Farm in Encinitas, California

Coastal Roots Farm cultivates healthy, connected communities by integrating sustainable agriculture, food justice, and ancient Jewish wisdom.

Have you heard the story about Honi the Circle Dra Have you heard the story about Honi the Circle Drawer? This Talmudic story reminds us that we both inherit a world and leave one behind. What kind of world should it be?⠀ 
 
"One day Honi was journeying on the road and saw a man planting a carob tree.⠀ 
He asked him, 'How long does it take for a carob tree to bear fruit?'⠀ 
The man replied, 'Seventy years.'⠀ 
Honi asked, 'Are you certain that you will live another seventy years?'⠀ 
The man answered, 'I found carob trees in the world. As my forefathers planted them for me, so I too plant these for my children.'” 
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Join us for our upcoming Tu B'Shvat Food Forest Festival as we celebrate the Jewish birthday of trees and take care of the land with this sacred responsibility in mind.
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Register today at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: Past Tu B'Shvat Festival guests helping with Food Forest tasks.]
Got fruit trees? Join Outdoor Educator Christina f Got fruit trees? Join Outdoor Educator Christina for a special Winter Gardening Workshop to learn all the ins and outs of tree pruning! 
 
Cover all the basics of tree maintenance to promote healthy tree form and fruiting, and learn how to choose the right pruning tool to protect the longevity of your fruit tree. Participants will be able to practice these skills on Coastal Roots Farm trees ❤️🌳
 
Sign up at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: A Coastal Roots Farm employee's hand pruning a tree.]
We are excited to partner with @purebrewing, a sus We are excited to partner with @purebrewing, a sustainably sourced and local brewery for our 21+ guests. They create unique and refreshingly smooth flavors while keeping the health of people and planet in mind. 
 
Kombucha more your thing? No problem. We will have both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options of @localrootskombucha available as well. 
 
Tickets available at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: Guests at a past Tu B'Shvat Food Forest Festival enjoying the Libation Station.]
Nurture the land and trees by fertilizing and addi Nurture the land and trees by fertilizing and adding nutrients to the soil at this year’s Tu B’Shvat Festival! 
 
Chop and drop comfrey, fertilize trees, and mix compost to ensure the health and longevity of our food forest while getting to know the Coastal Roots Farm team and other community members.
 
Tickets available today, https://coastalrootsfarm.org/event/tu-bshvat-food-forest-festival-2023/

[Image description: Past Tu B'Shvat guests volunteering at the Festival.]
Humans and the earth are not separate, and it’s Humans and the earth are not separate, and it’s our responsibility to nurture our connection to the natural world. 
 
At Tu B’Shvat Food Forest Festival 2023 get rooted during a simple yoga flow intended to ground participants and ignite a connection to one another and our planet. Just as a tree plays a vital role in the wellbeing of a whole forest, we too have power as a collective to make the changes we want to see in the world. 
 
Registration available at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: Yoga workshop at past Tu B'Shvat Food Forest Festival.]
The Farm Stand AND Nature Play will be closed on S The Farm Stand AND Nature Play will be closed on Sunday, February 5th!

Join in on activities and workshops for all ages at Coastal Roots Farm's 8th Annual Tu B'Shvat Food Forest Festival 2023.

A Pop-up Farm Stand will be available at the Festival to buy fresh Coastal Roots Farm produce. Visitors must have a Festival ticket to shop at the pop-up.

Tickets are pay-what-you-can. Sign up at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: Nature Play visitor shopping at the play Farm Stand. Text reads, "Farm Stand Closed Sunday, February 5th, Pop-up Farm Stand available at Tu B'Shvat Food Forest Festival 2023."]
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHT: Traditionally, Jewish people p ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHT: Traditionally, Jewish people plant parsley at Tu B’Shvat so that it is ready to harvest for Passover. 
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At Tu B’Shvat Festival 2023, youngsters will get the chance to plant parsley in the food forest with Shalom Baby @lfjcc and @officialsdja. 
 
To experience this fun opportunity and for lots of other hands-on Kids Zone activities, sign up using the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: Young Coastal Roots Farm visitor watching plants grow.]
We are excited to announce that there's a new vega We are excited to announce that there's a new vegan food vendor coming to Tu B’Shvat Festival this year! @vegan_mirai applies traditional Japanese flavors and techniques to American-style sushi. No mock meats/seafood, all veggies. Plus! They’re entirely gluten-free! 
 
Enjoy @vegan_mirai and other local eats Sunday, February 5th. Tickets are pay-what-you-can, register today at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: Tu B'Shvat Food Forest Festival attendee excited for the day's festivities.]
Volunteers needed at Tu B’Shvat Food Forest Fest Volunteers needed at Tu B’Shvat Food Forest Festival 2023! 
 
We are grateful to our festival volunteers who support with registration and information booths, Food Forest Maintenance sign up, and clean up. 
 
Volunteer shifts are approximately 4 hours, and volunteers who stay the duration of the event receive a food voucher to use at one of the local food vendors. 
 
If interested, please email christina@coastalrootsfarm.org or sign up at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: Guests at Tu B'Shvat Food Forest Festival helping with Food Forest maintenance.]
Beautiful morning on the Farm 🌈 Grateful for th Beautiful morning on the Farm 🌈 Grateful for the work we do and the land we tend to!

Coastal Roots Farm sits on land indigenous to the Kumeyaay and Luiseño Peoples.

Want a taste of the magic? Join us on February 5th to celebrate the Jewish Birthday of Trees at the 8th annual Tu B'Shvat Food Forest Festival and honor this precious land. Tickets are pay-what-you-can and help feed the most vulnerable in our community.

Sign up at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: (1) Rainbow at Coastal Roots Farm over a distribution truck filled with bags of produce. (2) Rainbow over the Oak Tree at Coastal Roots Farm.]
In honor of MLK Day, we ponder what Dr. King once In honor of MLK Day, we ponder what Dr. King once reflected, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” 
 
At our upcoming Tu B’Shvat Food Forest Festival 2023, hundreds of community members will gather to learn about sustainability, caring for our planet, and creating an equitable food system. We invite our community to reflect on how even our smallest actions can create waves of change. What will you do today that will impact someone’s tomorrow? 
 
Just as Dr. King had a dream that we could one day live in a more equitable society, we are reminded that we should care and be conscious about all the choices we make today because they will have an impact on the way our children and grandchildren will experience the world. 
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Click here for festival registration, https://coastalrootsfarm.org/event/tu-bshvat-food-forest-festival-2023/ 

[Image description: Hands holding elderberries at Coastal Roots Farm.]
EVEN MY BONES CAN EXCLAIM: I LOVE YOU, EARTH! He EVEN MY BONES CAN EXCLAIM: I LOVE YOU, EARTH!
 
Here are Coastal Roots Farm, we seek to live our commitment to and love of the earth our mother not only through our words, intentions and actions, but through our very bodies. We sit down on our land and listen to it; we walk through our food forest and pay it keen attention; we dance among our rows of growing vegetables with gratitude and joy. Because loving and caring for the earth is not a spectator sport! You need to get dirty. You need to put bare feet on soil sometimes. You need to hear the sound a green bean makes as it is plucked. Then all of you can come to love the earth. Down to your very bones! 

That’s why we celebrate Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish birthday of the trees, with a big, beautiful community-wide festival where you can get your hands dirty, learn cool things, listen to great music, and meet like-minded folks. Join us this year on February 5th. So you too can exclaim, “I love you, earth!” 
 
Tickets available at the link in bio 🌱

[Image description: Farmer Kevin holding large purple top turnips.]
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