Good Food Central Florida

07/28/2022

It’s great to live in a City that includes multiple ways to connect to our communities. RSVP if interested. Whether you are just starting out, or a small or large scale farmer, all are included!

On August 25th, join the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, , , and in Orlando for a Black farmer meet-up! RSVP now to network with Black farmers in our state, learn about state and federal resources and best industry practices 👨‍🌾⏬

Click on the link to register today.
http://www.fdacs.gov/blackfarmermeetup

03/14/2022

Want to learn how to backyard beekeep? Go out and learn through this hands-on experience!

Did you know you could own a backyard beehive? This class is an introductory lesson into the wonderful world of backyard beekeeping. Learn how to built your own beehive, watch a live hive demonstration and how to keep a healthy hive. Suits are provided. Please wear long pants.
Saturday, March 26, 1 - 3 pm

Reserve Your Seat Today!

Learn more on our event page! https://fb.me/e/VuPUBhrM

407-516-1215 | [email protected] or inbox us for more details.

South Street Urban Farm
626 W South Street
Orlando FL 32805

10/18/2021

This past weekend we partnered with the Society of St. Andrew - Florida and 4Roots Farm Campus to glean cucumbers. It was a huge success collecting close to 5,000 pounds of fresh cucumbers. Those cucumbers are being redistributed to organizations that help those in need. We could not have done this without our wonderful community partners, and we tip off our hats to a job well done! 👩‍🌾🥒🌱

10/11/2021

Do you love biodiversity? So do we. This weekend the Backyard Biodiversity Day is a celebration of our wonderful local ecosystems! 🐛🌴🌿🐝🐞🐜🕸

We can't believe Backyard Biodiversity Day 2021 is less than a week away, after months of hard work & preparation.

As we get ready for Saturday, we want to thank our sponsors who help us bring this awesome event to Central Florida. This week we will be spotlighting these local businesses and organizations:

- Bowman and Blair Ecology and Design, Inc.
- Pegasus Engineering, LLC
- E Sciences, Incorporated
- Orange Audubon Society
- Sierra Club Central Florida Group
- IDEAS For Us - Orlando
- Ethos Vegan Kitchen
- The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

10/09/2021

Only one week away from our gleaning event and we are so excited to highlight our excellent partners in making this event happen!

Are you as interested in the food system as we are? Go ahead and give them a like and follow for more tips and food system work. 👇👇

Society of St. Andrew - Florida 4Roots Farm Campus

10/03/2021

Event alert....⏰

Interested in volunteering and learning more about our local food system? Come glean with us!

October 16 at Long and Scott Farms, we will be gleaning the fields and bringing the produce back to our community to combat food insecurities.

Limited spots are available, so sign-up while you can! www.endhunger.org/florida

Questions about gleaning and how it helps combat food insecurities and strengthen our local food systems? Message us! 4Roots Farm Campus

09/28/2021

New Farmers Market debuting this Saturday! 🥑🥦🍊

Go check it out. If you are there, send us pictures. We would like to highlight community members shopping our local food vendors.

08/23/2021

Food banks have served many individuals that have been facing hunger especially in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. But how can we ensure that we are providing everyone in our community a fresh, hot, healthy meal? Listen to Jasmine Crowe explain what she is doing to end food waste and put it in the mouths of hungry individuals.

In a world that's wasting more food than ever before, why do one in nine people still go to bed hungry each night? Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe calls for a radical transformation to our fight to end global hunger -- challenging us to rethink our routine approaches to addressing food insecurity....

08/23/2021

This Wednesday, CIP Executive Director Camryn Smith will participate in the Duke World Food Policy Center's webinar focused on how white dominant cultural narratives play out in the food system. The webinar discussion will frame ways in which whiteness impacts the food system, based in a historical context of structural racism. It will also present examples of how whiteness fuels power, decision-making, and investment in food systems. Link below in comments.

08/18/2021

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson co-edited an anthology called “All We Can Save,” which is a collection of female voices speaking on the climate crisis through essays, poetry, and more. In Katherine’s podcast “A Matter of Degrees” they invited Leah Penniman to come read her essay from the anthology titled “Black Gold” where she talks about reclaiming ancestral connection to the soil and the healing of Black Farmers from oppressive systems. It highlights the importance of human connection with soil and how this connection is vital to mitigating climate change. Check it out!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1CRehP1fRk7Hy6NSJz5fAJ?si=wTt-vP2RQTqUq0GiFxrWOQ&dl_branch=1

Listen to this episode from A Matter of Degrees on Spotify. Abuse of soil, the atmosphere, and communities of color have gone hand in hand. Through reclaiming ancestral connection to the soil, Black farmers are healing the entangled harms of colonization, capitalism, and White supremacy and moving a...

08/16/2021

As we prepare to host a county wide gleaning event, it is important to us that we educate our community about the importance and history of gleaning. Check out this article from Civil Eats:

A Vermont nonprofit is connecting independent farms with buyers and distributors, reducing food surplus and working to eliminate food insecurity.

08/11/2021

Orange County Backyard Chicken Ordinance was passed last night. Orange County was the first local municipality to start this push seven years ago when it was voted down. Today that has changed, and residents can now have backyard chickens through this permitting process.

Orange County joined the flock of local governments allowing backyard chickens with commissioners voting unanimously Tuesday to adopt a program. Neighbors won’t have veto power, but they’ll get notice about a coop going up next door.