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Farms & Markets

Search the GFF Directory for area Farms, CSA's, Farmer's Markets, Markets & Restaurants. Find out what's in season... Directory

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Organizations & Web Resources

Look over our listing of area and national organizations that are making an impact on our local food communities... Organizations/Resources

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Farm Fresh Food Network

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Welcome to Gainesville Farm Fresh

welcomeLogoGainesville Farm Fresh is an online community resource, focusing on sustainable agriculture and locally grown and raised products. With a belief in a secure community food system, Gainesville Farm Fresh encourages your support of our local growers and the markets and restaurants that also support buying fresh, local produce.

In addition, Gainesville Farm Fresh provides news, resources, publications, organizations and services of those promoting sustainable agriculture and local food. We encourage you to participate and become involved in shaping our local food community.

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Will Allen, Growing Power

GrowingPowerThank you to Annie Thomas for bringing this video to my attention. I think you will find it amazing! Will Allen is certainly a model to watch as a unique urban farmer and innovator. Winner of the 2008 MacArthur award, Will inspires communities to move one step higher in agriculture diversity. Visit his website at GrowingPower.org. Enjoy this video! Growing Power.mov.

 

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S1900 the Florida Food Freedom Act

Exempts certain food producers selling or delivering directly to the consumer from licensing requirements. Prohibits state and local governmental agencies from requiring licensure, certification, or inspection of such producers under certain circumstances. Provides that certain persons selling directly to the consumer are exempt from food permit requirements. Requires persons selling directly to the consumer to be trained and certified, etc.
Read the bill

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR FLORIDA’S FAMILY FARMS

Florida’s family farmers and Floridians who want to eat locally-grown food need your help to free Florida’s food and family farmers from burdensome regulation and fees. Attached are all the tools you need to lend your voice in support of Florida family farmers, as well as a quick tutorial on the proposed legislation. Passage of the Florida Food Freedom Act promises to bring Floridian’s a wider variety of healthy, locally-grown foods direct from the Florida farmer. But we need your help.

*** Sign an online petition on Gainesville Farm Fresh to support this legislation. ***

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Local Food Roadshow

LFRoadshow

Fundraiser for Kitchen Incubator

featuring

Local Food Roadshow

Saturday, March 20, 2010

5:00pm-8:00pm

Ticket Price $20

Junction 30124, Waldo

The fundraiser for the Kitchen Incubator will feature the debut of Local Food Roadshow,

a group of collaborating chefs and farmers presenting locally-sourced food samples.

Paid admission also includes a variety of beverages (with limited wine and beer), door prizes, and live music.

There will be a silent auction, as well as information from local food movement organizations.

The fundraiser’s location, Junction 30124 (formerly 30124 Coffee House) in Waldo,

provided by the generous support of Roland Wise, is only 13 miles from downtown Gainesville.

The Kitchen Incubator Fundraiser will be a carbon-neutral event

courtesy of CarbonSolutions and Earth Givers.

The following farms, restaurants, local businesses and artists are participating

in this fundraiser and we thank them for their generosity:


Citizen’s Co-op

The Jones

Mosswood Farm Store

Hogtown HomeGrown

Sweetwater Organic Coffee

Kurtz and Sons Dairy

Celebrations Catering

Ivey’s Grill

Harvest Thyme Café

The Top

Dorn’s

Wainwright Dairy

Northwest Seafood

Marc Hennessey

Junction 30124

Kitchen and Spice

Earth Givers

CarbonSolutions

Jersey's Creamery in Harvest Village (McIntosh)

Crone's Cradle Conserve

Sweet Dreams Homemade Ice Cream

Popenoe Ranch

Cross Creek Honey

Florida Fresh Beef

Florida Organic Growers

Dine by Design

Patrick Koch


The money from the silent auction, ticket sales and direct donations will provide funding for the Kitchen Incubator, a certified commercial kitchen facility offering food processing facilities and classes to the public – all designed to enhance the local food system. As part of the Kitchen Incubator, a Kitchen Referral Service has begun to match restaurants with entrepreneurs in need of kitchen time.

More information may be obtained from

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Stefanie Samara Hamblen 352 374 8561
   

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