Sulphur Springs Truck Patch offers working examples and ongoing studies of community preparedness in action in a restful setting among beautiful country side and happy animals. We offer workshops, simple lodging, and tours. Read our fuller history below.
We are located in Harkey Valley, Arkansas.
We have a dedicated staff of talented animal outcasts who are here to greet, be watchful and dig holes for you.
Staff
Meredith: co-founder
Bryan: co-founder
Desto
V.P. of Excavation and Senior Best Buddy
Pargin
Director of Waste Management
June
Senior Security Officer and Head Grandma
Ziggy
Stardust
Daisy
Interoffice cheer coordinator and Junior Security Officer
Marshmallow
Queen of the Garden
Jenna
Quality Control & Grounds Crew Chief
McLoud
Interim Honker & Head Farm Cryer
Elsie
Dog Emeritus
History
Initially began as a way to boost our struggling family income by selling cookies and low-cost crafts at the farmers market, we added various projects that reflected personal passions to experiment: cut flowers and bouquets, eggs, and more. However, over those several years of necessary experimentation and little success, a new vision began to form. There were bigger needs to be met, we already knew, not just in our family but in the community, and a bigger story unfolding around us. Times were changing and would continue to be as unpredictable as ever. Most people were struggling, in one way or another, and looking for ways to survive on essential resources that promised to fade away, at best. Real threats, once only rumors or theoretical, were becoming lived facts in many communities.
Now, those most at risk, as well as many of those who thought themselves more insulated, are struggling to ensure they will have the nutrition, medicine, water, energy, income and basic community support they need. Very few people are ready for another epidemic, catastrophic climate change, massive economic downturns or more. Sulphur Springs Truck Patch has now shifted to a business format that will be actively creating models and resources for personal and community preparedness based on our accumulation of experiences, indigenous traditions, academic and activist theory, and good old fashioned experimentation. We started this shift in 2023 by starting what became a medium sized mealworm farm to showcase an accessible source of insect protein, wildlife rehabilitation, and garden fertilization. After learning some amazing lessons, we shuttered the mealworm project to refocus on garden, agricultural, and education projects to make sure our efforts were not being spread too thin.
Sulphur Springs Truck Patch is now in the earliest stages of offering community preparedness workshops, events in the community, and more. Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with what we are doing next!