UF/IFAS Florida Small Farms
The members of the newly reorganized Florida Food Policy Council met on Sunday, April 3rd at the Holiday Inn Fort Myers Airport. Featured facilitator, Mark Winne, is Senior Advisor for the Center for a Livable Future at Johns… Read More
Thank you all for a great Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference in Fort Myers, April 1 & 2, 2016!! We enjoyed connecting and learning from each other. We had a great crowd, excellent speakers and moderators, awesome… Read More
A farmer’s path to growing high quality sprouts for the local market Christine Lindsey is an enthusiastic farmer who specializes in growing sprout and microgreens at a co-owned farm located in Bokeelia, Florida. She is well-known in the… Read More
Policy work needed to improve our state’s food system The Florida Food Policy Council is back Across the state of Florida there are many individuals and organizations working to improve their local food systems. However, there has not… Read More
Interview with Gabriele Marewski of Paradise Farms Gabriele Marewski is a pioneer farmer in many ways. Her farm is a great example of a resilient business which has seized opportunities to grow whenever they have arrived. There is… Read More
Welcome to the Florida Small Farms Blog! Now part of the UF/IFAS Blogs 🙂 Looking forward to sharing with you plenty of stories and articles about local food, sustainable farming and more!
The UF/IFAS Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Extension Team is proud to present the Strengthening Local Food Systems with Diversity An educational event for Florida fruit and vegetable producers and stakeholders of Florida local food systems Kick-off Event… Read More
If you want to know the best ways to manage pests via integrated pest management, you can find all of the information you need in a series of video modules created by University of Florida IFAS Extension faculty…. Read More
By Geoffrey Sagrans Localecopia President When Localecopia, Inc. (501c3) opened in 2007 in Palm Beach, FL, the general focus was to repair the disconnect between local producers and local consumers. This focus was pursued through avenues like discussions,… Read More
By Lana Nasser Central Florida’s Southern Hill Farms was not always the well-known u-pick blueberry operation Florida residents flock to today. The Clermont based family-owned farm originally produced ornamental trees and found themselves in a recession during 2010…. Read More
