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ABOUT
Designated as Gentilly Woods first and only agrotourism establishment, Mamou Fruit & Tea (MFT) is an urban farm located on several lots that were once blighted due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. While increasing the overall quality of life and decreasing blight in Gentilly Woods, the urban farm serves as a catalyst to decrease food insecurity in a neighborhood that consist of a large population of senior citizens, youth, and a mid to low-income population. MFT provides a space where visitors can learn more about home-scale agriculture and local food culture while serving as an educational and agricultural resource for the surrounding neighborhood. Lodging accommodations are provided for guests who desire for agricultural education to be a major component of their travel. Moreover, MFT is located near the following: New Orleans Lakefront Airport, New Orleans Lakefront Arena, French Quarter, Dillard University, SUNO, Joseph Bartholomew Golf Course, New Orleans Fairgrounds, City Park.
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MFT's urban farm has developed multiple scales of agricultural projects to teach neighbors and visitors how to begin growing their own food in a way that’s tailored to their lifestyles, budget, and access to space. The three scales chosen are an herb garden, a hydroponic garden, and a fruit orchard. Able to be grown indoors or outdoors, herb gardens are affordable and accessible with a variety of edible, medicinal, and aromatic uses. Hydroponic gardening is a more intensive system than herb gardening, but one that’s easily scalable and adaptable for many different kinds of food. All of these elements are combine with the goal of offering a comprehensive introduction to home gardening and farming with the intention of making the practice accessible to a wider variety of people typically excluded by their socioeconomic status.
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Farm Incubator
Book educational experiences for Pre-K to 12, college students, and adult learners. We host guest speakers, farmer training, and culinary classes that transforms the estate into a hands-on classroom.
Urban Barn - Urban Farm -
Urban Orchid
Relax in a beautiful urban farm only minutes away from New Orleans main attractions.
Farm Education
Participate in hands-on, home-scale agriculture sessions with the on-site farmer and other rural/urban agricultural professionals from Louisiana.
Dining
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Enjoy a seasonal menu prepare by a world class on-site chef during your visit with us.
Louisiana Regional Farm Excursions​
Eat authentic boudin from Mamou. Visit crawfish lakes and visit with rural farmers. Mamou Fruit & Tea provides various farm excursions throughout Louisiana per the guest's request.
Free Wifi
Stay connected with Wifi access while visiting with us.
Come and experience "Mamou" as we share a unique Louisiana agrotourism experience. Visit Mamou Fruit & Tea to lodge at the urban barn, attend various farmer & culinary workshops at the farm incubator, and taste inventive cuisine from our on-site chef.
Or, just come to relax!
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"Transforming Blighted Urban Lots into Sustainable Food Systems"
OUR BLOG
FARMER - KATINA BIAS
Katina Bias is the urban farmer and President of Mamou Fruit & Tea hailing from Mamou, LA., a french speaking creole farming rural town . Katina Bias comes from a long line of rural farmers in the Evangeline & St.Landry Parish regions of Louisiana . In an effort to highlight the farming techniques of the french -creole acadian population of Mamou, Katina Bias will introduce native farming techniques, prepare native teas, and highlight the wonderful cuisine of the Louisiana rural farmer. Prior to becoming an urban farmer, Katina Bias acquires more than 14 years of business management experience working with Fortune 100 companies and management consulting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and CF Industries. Katina Bias is highly adaptable to different business environments that has allowed for interacting with a diverse array of clients and completing and leading projects as part of a team effort. Katina Bias has proven success in working with management to find solutions to on-going organizational problems. Mamou Fruit & Tea is fully equipped with business experience and farm experience to successful manage New Orleans's first ever agrotourism/ecotourism endeavor in Gentilly Woods.
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CHEF - PAUL MOORE
Mamou Fruit & Tea has partnered with long-time fine dining chef, Chef Paul Moore, who has accumulated over 15 years of culinary experience through various kitchens in Chicago, IL, Barbados, and New York City, NY. To name a few, Chef Paul Moore has served on the culinary staff at the Chicago Fairmont Hotel's Aria restaurant, the Chicago Wyndham Hotel's Caliterra, and Parlor Restaurant of Wicker Park. Chef Paul Moore has also had the pleasure of doing guest tastings for Chef Ewart Wardhaugh and Chef Grant MacPherson at the world renowned Sandy Lane Resort in Barbados. Additionally, Chef Paul Moore became a top 3 finalist in a Wolfgang Puck Culinary Competition. Chef Paul Moore specializes in using unique ingredients to create culinary creations that are healthy and great in taste. Chef Paul Moore will join Mamou Fruit & Tea to perform helpful recipes, cooking demonstrations, and food consulting of ingredients grown and prepared at Mamou Fruit & Tea's urban barn/farm.
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