SALT LAKE CITY — How do you move an entire farm… lock, stock, and barrels… even the soil? The people who run the Wasatch Community Garden say it’s done very carefully and methodically.
The Green Phoenix Farm, just west of Gateway, has been home to the garden since 2016. At the time the garden was granted its lease by Salt Lake City, organizers weren’t sure it would last more than a few years. Now, with massive development in and around downtown, the 1.4 acre farm is on the move.
“What we‘re pulling off right now is incredibly difficult, incredibly challenging,” said James Loomis, Director of Agricultural Operations. “It’s pandemonium! There’s a lot of moving parts between the two sites.”
Teddy Roosevelt once said nothing worth having comes easy, and Loomis believes passionately in what the farm brings to our community, and it’s more than organic fruits and vegetables.
“Our primary …