Tito’s Vodka feeds employees with distillery’s urban farm
Fourteen Acres Farm in Texas accommodates 74 raised beds and 16 high tunnels.
By AGDAILY Reporters
September 21, 2022
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Tito’s Handmade Vodka’s Fourteen Acres Farm, located at Tito’s distillery in Austin, Texas, was created in an effort to provide employees with fresh food and encourage healthy eating.
Cultivated by a team of seven farmers and producing over 25 types of fruits and vegetables, the farm allows employees to take home fresh food on a weekly basis.
The farm is once again the inspiration for the Love, Tito’s Block to Block community garden and farm program, which, now in its fourth year, seeks to increase access to fresh and healthy produce for communities, and will launch across 30 cities throughout 2022.
Each week, employees have the opportunity to take home fresh produce at no cost, originally through the company’s farm share program which included weekly bags of fruits and vegetables from the farm. Now, Fourteen Acres Farm is transitioning to a weekly farmers market, bringing the farm’s offerings directly to employees.
Through the farmers market, employees will be able to select the products they are most interested in, as well as connect with farmers to learn recipes, cooking tips and tricks, and how the food is grown. The fruits and vegetables being grown include artichokes, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, melons, mixed greens, peppers, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes.
