Save Jupiter Creamery for Zale and Saxon

My name is Suzie Dudas. I'm a private farmer in South Florida who in 2017 started a nonprofit on my farm called Nourishing Food for Thought. My goal was to educate the community on food and farming and give people an opportunity to get outside to reconnect with animals, nature, and their bodies. We impacted over 2000 individuals annually with hands-on tours, education groups, summer camps, and volunteer hours. I ran the farm with my two beautiful children, aged 7 and 9. However, in 2021 my children visited their father, my ex-husband, and he left them in a pool unsupervised with scuba equipment. Somehow, there was helium in the children's oxygen tanks instead of oxygen, and they both passed. The community rallied to support the farm in the immediate aftermath, and in January of this year, I restarted my farming activities, purchasing chickens & pigs. Shortly after I began offering educational tours, demonstrations and workshops. I have been running a summer camp for children ages 6-10, the same ages as Zale & Saxon. It was hard, but also so rewarding. Unfortunately, my ex-husband is now pressing to use his share of the property to force me to sell. I will lose the home I shared with my children as well as my nonprofit. I am attempting to appear in court with an offer to buy him out, but he is accelerating the timetable. Donations will go toward my purchase of the land to continue and expand the nonprofit in the name of my kids. Full plans and a newsletter are posted on the Nourishing Food for Thought website.