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Local Farms and Foods

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31st Annual Hendry County City Farm Tour
Click here for details

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Aaldmon Farm
In Lake Worth: grows tropical fruits as well as seasonal vegetables.

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All Locally Grown Produce
In Homestead and is one of those well-established large farms who started their CSA program over a year ago. They have greenhouses where they grow hydroponically so they actually often have a better mix of vegetables and herbs most of the time than we do. However, their pickup sites for boxes are in Miami.

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Bedner Farms
New market building is open on 441 between Atlantic Ave. and Boynton Bch.

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Bumble Bee Baking Co.  tel. 561-276-4565
bumblebeebaking@gmail.com
Facebook page under "Bumble Bee Baking Co."
Bumble Bee Baking Co. is a specialty bakery in Delray Beach.  We specialize in all natural and organic sweet and savory treats.  Some of our handmade bakery items include:  maple syrup sweetened granola, sprouted spelt crackers, extra virgin olive oil crackers, coconut flour based gluten free brownies and cookies.  We also offer custom order special occasion cakes

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Coffee House Family Farm
Local producers of eggs from pasture-raised hens

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Erickson Farm Inc.
A tropical fruit farm east of Lake Okeechobee

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Jan Norris: Food and Florida
Food, Restaurants, Recipes and Pre-Disney Florida

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Kai-Kai Farm
Diane and Carl at Kai-kai Farm in Indiantown are continuing to expand their program. They deliver in the PGA area, Jupiter, Stuart, and Hobe Sound, or you may pick up at the farm at 8006 SW Kanner Hwy, Indiantown. 
772-597-1717 or send them an e-mail to mobydic@pobox.com

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Redland Organics
A group of organic growers, business affiliates, consumers and other interested parties located in and around the Redland area of southern Miami-Dade County, in South Florida.

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Swank Produce
In Loxahatchee: has a good sized CSA program operating from their hydroponic shadehouses and sells to local restaurants.

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Rachel and Dan from Terra Verde Farms. Their CSA program includes products from their farm as well as several other south Florida organic growers. They want to concentrate on Jupiter and Vero Beach.

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The Urban Farmer One of the newest of the local food producers, 2010-11 was their first season. They are a small hydroponic farm in Pompano Beach. Call them at 954-586-6686

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Worden Farms

Helpful and Interesting Links 

Food, Fuel, and Freeways
Interesting site about how far your food travels
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom 
Integrating agricultural concepts into core educational disciplines and FAITC
supporting programs.
Crown Weather
Your one-stop weather information source 
Local Harvest 
Find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown foods in your area
Main website for the Florida Cooperative Extension Service 
This is a good place to find information about agriculture, home lawns and landscapes,  and the environment as well as family and consumer issues, and health and nutrition
Palm Beach County/UF-IFAS Vegetable Extension Program  
Information about vegetable crops grown in Palm Beach County
Small Farms Alternative Enterprises 
Information about and for small farmers in Florida
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education 
SARE provides grants and information to improve profitability, stewardship, and quality of life
www.ssu.missouri.edu/faculty/jikerd/papers/default.html
Papers on sustainable Ag at the University of Missouri
Biocycle Magazine
America's foremost magazine on recycling residuals into value added products, from compost that suppresses crop disease to high-quality household goods
MACSAC
An organization of CSA farms in the Madison, Wisconsin area (creators of the Asparagus to Zucchini cookbook)
Pine Jog Environmental Education Center 
One of the oldest nature centers in the nation serving over 25,000 students, 750 teachers and 12,500 adults/families annually from Palm Beach County and surrounding counties