Fresh organic vegetables for sale at Flora Farm
When I was in Mexico this past May reporting a story on Todos Santos, I kept hearing about this organic farm outside of San José del Cabo. Intrigued (local, organic produce can still be a challenge to find in Baja) I asked my folks if we could take a little drive out to Flora Farm.
Expat American owners Gloria and Patrick Greene have been tending this organic farm for a decade now, but they recently opened a restaurant with an adjoining bar. (Unlike most farm-to-table restaurants, which plant a garden out back, this is a farm first. The on-site restaurant came later.) After a long, dusty trek—Flora Farm is way out by the marina and down a bumpy, pot-hole-riddled road—we finally drove up a steep switchback dirt drive that goes on just a little too far. Finally, below us, amidst an unforgiving, barren desert, we saw what looked like a mirage: ten acres of vegetables and mango trees.
That morning, we breakfasted on marigold-yolked poached eggs atop a bed of sautéed kale, with whole wheat toast (baked on the premises) and a side of bacon. (The pigs and chickens, raised on a nearby ranch, are hormone & antibiotic free.) The coffee was dark and strong. If that wasn't enough, there was even a cute grocery store where locavore travelers can pick up homemade granola, local honey, baguettes, pastries, and just-picked veggies. At Flora's Farm Bar, musicians play each night as diners tuck into plates of organic fried chicken or wood-fired Margarita pizza.
I write about Flora Farm in the February issue of Travel + Leisure.
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