Working with nature everyday means we’re often in touch with the ways our actions affect the environment around us. From watching our bee population flourish when creating a pollinator friendly environment to improving the health of our magnolia trees by using natural pesticides and compost.
When we learned that the main source of Florida’s drinking water, the Floridan Aquifer, is draining more quickly than our state’s water consumption can keep up with, we knew we had to do something. As a farm, we used to go through millions of gallons of water each year to keep our magnolia trees thriving.
And when we started digging into our water use and our well records, we saw that many of the wells on our farm go down into the Floridan Aquifer. Since this is not only the main source of drinking water for the state of Florida, but also the source of many freshwater springs in the area, we wanted to find a way to stop relying on this water source.