Residents Jonathan Hosseini and Zia Khan, along with an ensemble of other partners and volunteers, are bringing the farm to the table with their herbal beverage made with produce from their Roswell-based organic farm.

The Kenari Company was founded last June when Hossieini and his crew decided to address the need and demand for locally grown food in the area.

“There’s a deep-seated yearning for people to get back to the earth and grow and prepare their own food,” Khan said. “But most people don’t have the time to do that, so the farm has been a tremendous addition to this community.”

The crew started planting late in the season and, as a result, planted mostly tomatoes and herbs. They began selling their goods at the Riverside Farmers Market where they realized the vendors who were selling lemonade were doing well.

“That got us thinking that maybe we needed to sell lemonade, but because of the late start, all we had at the booth were herbs,” Khan said. “We thought, instead of having a typical lemonade, why not use ingredients from the farm to develop a drink that is our own.”

What emerged after that was the Kenari beverage, which contains 60 calories per serving and is made from more than 12 different herbs.

The non-caffeinated beverage is available in pint, half-gallon and eight ounce sizes and can be found at all area Whole Foods stores, A Tasty Pastry in Alpharetta and Global Foods in Roswell, as well as other locations in and around Atlanta.

“It’s mind-boggling to people that you can have this connection with the land even in the metro area,” said Abigail Moreland, a spokeswoman for Kenari.

The herbal beverage, which can be served warm or chilled, is the first in a line of products that Kenari will release.

Khan, who designed the drink’s label, said Kenari hopes to develop more drinks, jams and pesto sauces.

“We want to integrate the farm into the community to make it a community resource so that people can come in here and learn about food and farming and pick their vegetables if they want to,” Khan said.

The farm, at 9350 Coleman Road, hosts groups from schools and churches and houses visiting farmers from all over the world as a part of Worldwide Opportunities On Organic Farms.