Working Food

08/28/2026

Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 PM: Planning Your Fall Vegetable Garden

🍂 Florida’s cooler fall and winter weather is the perfect time to start a garden, or give your existing garden a fresh start after a long, hot summer!

✏️ In this workshop, we will set goals for our fall gardens and create a simple garden plan. We’ll explore how to choose plants that are well suited to Florida’s growing conditions and share practical resources to help you get started and stay on track.

✨ Take the next step toward bringing your garden to life: We’ll have resources and guidance for both beginner and intermediate gardeners. Plus, our locally adapted seeds will be available to purchase.

Taught by Julie Naim with Florida Master Gardeners. This is a free event, with RSVP required to attend. Donations are always appreciated to support our programs.

08/26/2026

We appreciate everyone who took the time to share their thoughts on our online market last month. Congrats to Gail C. and Chris for winning our $100 market credit!

Here’s what we learned from our shopper survey responses:
- You want to see more fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as some items that we haven't offered yet, like eggs and bread
- You want more pick-up locations across town and more flexible pick-up times
- Many of you haven’t had the chance to shop with us yet and want more reminders about our weekly ordering period.

More updates and details on our fall market are coming soon, so stay tuned for our expected reopening date! Come see us Thursday, Sept. 10 for our kick-off celebration to learn more about the online market!

08/24/2026

Join us for our fall kick-off of the online market season! Thursday, Sept. 10 from 6-8pm at Mo's Garage and Garden Events.

Enjoy free samples and small bites prepared with locally-grown ingredients. Meet and mingle with some of our local farmers and artisans! Learn more about the market, like how to sign-up and shop when it re-opens later this year.

This is a free event! No RSVP necessary. Just show up and enjoy local food! Plus, all who attend will be entered into a free raffle for a gift basket.

08/19/2026

Learn all about how to start your own seeds! Our guide is filled with knowledge on how to grow your own food from seeds, an important skill to have in our ever-changing world.

🌱 PLUS, get a free downloadable version of the guide that you can print to save and share!

✨ AND check out our North Florida Planting Guide Chart to know what seeds are best to start growing now and every month of the year!

🍎 You can read all of our current growing guides on our website at WorkingFood.org/resources.

08/18/2026

We’re looking for interns for the upcoming semester!

The Garden Education Intern will assist the youth education team in providing high quality enrichment classes. This will include assisting in at least one, but preferably two, of six weekly gardening classes for pre-K through middle school students, acting as an aide in teaching as well as assisting youth with hands-on projects.

The Communication Intern will assist the Communications Manager to create engaging content that highlights Working Food’s mission, programs, impact, and purpose. This will include capturing photos and videos at garden sites, events, and classes, creating content for social media, and collaborating on communications strategy.

✨ Being an intern is a good fit for you if you:
- Are dual enrolled or a college student
- Want to deepen your understanding of the local food system and the farms, community organizations, and individuals working together to make positive change
- Want to gain leadership and professional skills.

Head to our website to read more about the internships and submit an application!

08/14/2026

08/13/2026

As we start to prepare for the upcoming season, we’re still reflecting on the joyful moments experienced this summer during the Wild Wonder Creators Camp back in June! Read the entire reflection on our website: WorkingFood.org/resources

Thanks to Monica at Mo's Garden Events for sharing her beautiful space with us. Thank you to the farmers for sharing nourishing food with us. And a huge thank you to all the families who trusted us with their awesome kids!

Our Youth Education Director Jesse shares some tender moments from camp:

"It was inspiring working with kids who were able to slow down, focus, and enjoy the small acts of noticing, playing, and creating. As we often find, we were really moved by how kids found a slower pace. Without tech or screens, and with camp at a slower pace, the world right before us seemed to open up and come into focus. We danced in the rain, wrote sometimes silly and sometimes serious poems beneath the oaks, played cards in the sultry heat of summer, and were just present.

It felt like what childhood summer is supposed to be!"

08/10/2026

The results are in for our 2026 community watermelon trial! Read the report on our website: WorkingFood.org/resources.

🌱 This spring, we successfully grew six different watermelon varieties and asked the questions: Does the variety grow well here? Does the variety taste good?

✨ These questions guide our seed stewardship work. They help us make informed decisions about what seeds to save, adapt, and share with future growers.

🍉We harvested more than 1,440 pounds of watermelon during this trial! The harvest was shared with many members of our community.

💌 This project was made possible through our partnership with University of Florida Horticultural Sciences Teaching Farm and their amazing staff! We also want to thank our longtime volunteer Cyd, who assisted with weeding and harvesting throughout the season.

08/03/2026

Learn how to make natural pigments from plants growing all around us. Join Working Food on Saturday, Sept. 12 at Bella Terra Hills Bella Terra Hills for our Botanical Hues & Garden Brews workshop.

🎨 We’ll provide everything you need to make natural paints. Then, you’ll get to create a beautiful piece of art while sipping on seasonal herbal mocktails.

✨ Come for a slow, creative morning outdoors painting, sipping, and enjoying the land. No previous artistic experience is required to thoroughly enjoy this workshop!

🌱 Get tickets at workingfood.org/events