The Little Green Oasis

09/09/2025

08/22/2025

08/21/2025

Thank you Dan & Lindsey for all your hard work to support all the growers and farmers in the area.

Thank you Central Florida AgNews for taking your time to highlight what we’re trying to do here! 🙏 🙏

⬇️ Shared Value > Profit ⬇️

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞…𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐋𝐋 👐🏻, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞.

We are nothing without all of our fellow local producers so thank you for all you do every day to help make this happen 🫶🏻

Harrison Creek Farm LLC 🐓
Hertaberkschweinfarms 🐖
Waterwell Farms 🥬
Sullivan Road Farms 🫜
Anderson Farm 🐔
HM Cattle Co - Handley BEEF 🥩
Arbuckle Cattle 🐄
H&H Berry Farm 🍌
Soulshine in a Jar 🫙
The Little Green Oasis 🪴
Noble Roots Farm 🥔
Sheri's Sourdough n'Such 🥯
Olive Isle 🍞
OffBeat Acres 🥚

08/12/2025

08/12/2025

The no-fail, super simple way to know when your watermelon is ripe...

08/12/2025

08/08/2025

Honoring Andrea Butje: A Life of Love, Purpose, and Plant Wisdom

Dear Aromahead Community,

It is with full hearts that we honor the life of Andrea Butje, teacher, visionary, pioneer, and beloved founder of Aromahead Institute.

Andrea passed peacefully in her home after a brave journey, surrounded by love. Her legacy, however, is anything but quiet. It is bold, beautiful, and far-reaching.

Andrea was a force of nature. She never did anything casually. She poured her whole heart into every corner of her life. One year, she and her beloved partner Cindy decided to plant lilies around their home in upstate New York. Most would plant a few. Andrea planted hundreds. That was her way. Wholehearted. Devoted. Vibrant.

The same was true of her work with essential oils. She didn’t just learn about them. She transformed the standards of the entire field. She championed transparency in sourcing, insisting on GC/MS reports long before it was common. She advocated fiercely for sustainability and purity. She supported distillers who cared for the land and the plants as much as she did.

Andrea traveled the world to learn, to teach, and to connect. She created curriculum that empowered millions. Her voice shaped a generation of aromatherapists and will continue to shape many more to come. Her passion for teaching was unmatched. She could take the science of essential oils and make it feel personal, accessible, and alive.

But it wasn’t just the way she worked. It was the way she loved.

Andrea truly saw people. She gave her time, her presence, her encouragement. She was intuitive and spiritual, always curious about the world. She was grounded and radiant, a woman who loved to cook, to write, to laugh, and to explore. The beach and the high desert were two of her favorite places.

Most of all, she loved Cindy. In her book The Heart of Aromatherapy, she dedicated it simply and beautifully:

"For my Cindy, In this vast universe, you are my home. I love and adore you."

Andrea’s legacy lives on in every blend we make, every oil we choose with care, and every student who finds confidence and healing through this work. She changed the landscape of aromatherapy, and she changed lives.

She changed our lives.

As we process this loss together, we invite you to light a candle, diffuse your favorite essential oil, and take a moment to feel Andrea’s presence. She is in the beauty of the plants, in the intention of the work, and in the hearts of all of us who carry her spirit forward.

If you would like to join us in honoring Andrea, we invite you to share a memory, a story, or something you loved about her in this post.

In place of flowers, a donation fund will be set up in honor of Andrea. Contributions will go toward supporting causes close to the hearts of both Andrea and Cindy. Details will follow in the next couple of weeks.

Thank you for being part of this community that Andrea loved so deeply.

With love and deep gratitude,
Karen and Jenny, and the entire Aromahead team

07/29/2025

We’ve already got a pretty great vendor lineup shaping up for the storefront 👏🏼 but we want to hear from you!

What are the must-haves you’d love to see on the shelves?

Got a favorite small business you think we need to carry?

Or a product you’ve been hunting for but can’t seem to find anywhere?

Drop it in the comments and help us build something that truly serves this community! 🛒❤️

07/20/2025

07/20/2025

07/20/2025

🧀 This fridge runs on Community Support 🥕

Sometimes that support comes through our day-to-day trade of $ for product and services, other times it’s unsolicited in the form of support with the expectation of getting nothing back ❤️ 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐒𝐀 CO-OP 🥹 We’re honored and humbled by this generosity 🙏

“Community Supported” is a philosophy - Cafe patrons and members spend money here, then that money is spent in our community and helps grow this co-op into a reliable source of good food💰 🥩 ♻️

Whether you’re buying from our local farmers/producers, using our event space, or just getting a cup of coffee in the morning ☕️ …you’re participating in this cycle.