Working Food

05/29/2026

As we near the end of our growing season, we're excited to share photos from our youth education team. Here is just a small selection of the special moments they've shared with us.

✨ Each week, they teach free, weekly classes on growing food, saving seeds, and cooking with fresh ingredients to young people across the county.

🌱 We're incredibly grateful to our youth education partners that provide community rooted spaces where young people grow food, skills, and a sense of belonging.

05/26/2026

Become a Working Food CSA member for the 2026-2027 growing seasons!

🍉 As a member, you’ll receive a weekly share of freshly harvested produce, grown with care and picked the same day you bring it home!

🍊 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs are a subscription-based model where you can purchase shares in a local farm’s seasonal harvest. Get fresh, locally grown produce on a weekly basis!

🍋 Sign up by July 1 to receive 1-2 weeks free! Pay in full or monthly installments: $35/week for 32 weeks. Our season begins Oct. 19 and runs through June 7, 2027!

🍏 Your membership provides the upfront, reliable support that allows our farmers to plan, plant, and grow throughout the season. That stability makes it possible for us to donate the majority of what we grow, expanding access to fresh food across our community!

Head to WorkingFood.org/csa for more information and to become a CSA member!

05/21/2026

We made an easy guide on how to use our new online farmers market!

1. Start by making a free account on our market site: Market.WorkingFood.org
2. Login to your account when the shopping period opens Friday mornings at 7AM
3. Fill your online basket with products from local farmers and artisans!
4. Confirm your order by Sunday nights at 7PM
5. Pick up your order the following Thursday at Working Food between 4:30-6PM

✨Our spring pilot runs now through June 25! Sign-up today to support our local food producers before the season ends🥕

05/21/2026

Berry season means we get to make blueberry ice cream!

✨Earlier this month, thanks to a huge donation from the UF Blueberry Lab, the young gardeners at Duval Garden of Eatin' got to enjoy this sweet treat, a welcome relief from the Florida heat.

05/20/2026

Thank you to Working Food for their generous donation to the ACLD Seed Library!

The Seed Library is where we share free seeds and gardening tips with all gardeners, new and experienced. The ACLD Seed Library contains a selection of vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Our selection changes throughout the year based on donations.

05/18/2026

Learn all about growing your own tomatoes in the southeast! Our guide is filled with local knowledge for growing in this hot and humid climate.

🌱 You can read the entire guide on our website and get a FREE downloadable version of the guide that you can print and share with your neighbors.

✨ Home-Grown Tomatoes in the Southeast is written by Melissa DeSa, Sarah Sterling and Timothy Noyes with original artwork by Melissa DeSa.

A little guide filled with local knowledge for growing tomatoes from seed to seed in the hot and humid Southeast.

05/14/2026

This year’s Amazing Give was a powerful reminder of what happens when our community comes together. With your help, we raised $24,170!

Thanks to your support, our community can join a garden class, learn to cook fresh food, take home seeds, or spend time growing food together.

Whether you donated, shared our message, or cheered on our work, you helped strengthen a local food system that belongs to all of us.

Thank you for helping make this work possible.

05/13/2026

We’re grateful to our sponsor, StokeBarn, for supporting Working Food through their final harvest dinner of the season. Stoke’s farm-to-table gatherings celebrate local ingredients while also serving a deeper purpose: generating meaningful support for the programs that strengthen our regional food system.

A significant portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to Working Food, helping expand access to fresh food, deepen hands-on gardening education, and support community-led food systems.

The dinner is now sold out. We’re thankful to Stoke and to each guest attending—your presence helps sustain and grow this work.

05/08/2026

Don't miss your chance to enroll your young explorer for our summer camp! We've got 2 sessions of our Wild Wonders Creators Camp this year and have just a few spots remaining ✨Head to WorkingFood.org/events to sign up

Campers will learn new skills like natural weaving, plant-based dye making, herbal remedies, and printmaking, using materials we harvest together on our farm and in nature.

All materials provided - just pack your lunch and come ready to get creative, curious, and a little bit messy!

05/06/2026

Volunteering your time and energy is a great way to represent your voice in our local community!

🌱 At a time when a lot feels out of our control, a powerful way to create the world we wish to live within is by volunteering.

✨ Join us weekly on Thursdays through June from 5:30 - 7:30pm at our donation farm to get your hands in the dirt and learn!

💖 We welcome people of ALL ages and backgrounds to participate in local food, no matter one’s abilities or experiences – volunteering is a way to enjoy how inclusive local food can be when we create spaces for everyone.

A huge thank you to volunteer Whitney for capturing these special moments 🥦