Working Food – A non-profit organization that works to cultivate and sustain a resilient local food community in North Central Florida through collaboration, economic opportunity, education, and seed stewardship.

We Grow Together — Artwork by the talented Nina Yagual

We Grow Together

We’re working to raise $25,000 by December 31 to fuel our seed stewardship, youth empowerment, and food entrepreneurship programs in 2025. Every donation—big or small—helps strengthen a network of farmers, families, small businesses, and nonprofits working together for positive change. Help us reach our $25,000 goal! You can make a one-time gift or set up monthly donations to become a Sustaining Partner. Thank you for being an essential part of our journey!

We Are Working Food

A non-profit organization established in 2012 working towards a just and resilient local food community where all flourishing is mutual. Our core programs: seed, youth and kitchen help us achieve our mission.

Kitchen Program

Shared commercial kitchen rental + dry, cold, and frozen storage facilities

Youth Program

Holistic, hands-on garden and culinary programs

Seed Program

Regionally adapted seeds, education and research

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Cultivating a resilient local food community since 2012!

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It's #GivingTuesday! We've been working to raise $

It's #GivingTuesday! We've been working to raise $25,000 to support our seed stewardship, youth empowerment, and food entrepreneurship work in 2025. Please support with a donation of any size today. Donors, look out for a sticker in your mailboxes as a thank you for your support!

✨Visit the link in our bio to donate today!
🎨Artwork by the talented Nina Yagual

In partnership with Alachua County, our newly laun

In partnership with Alachua County, our newly launched Farmer Value-Added Production Program empowers local growers to create products like baked goods, syrups, hot sauces, and more by providing discounted kitchen access, essential equipment, and business consulting!

Value-added production helps farmers diversify income, extend market seasons, and increase revenue, but high entry costs and difficult regulations often create barriers. This program offers unlimited consulting, 6 months of free kitchen rental, and discounted rates to make production more accessible.

Thanks to this support, local growers like Bambi’s Organic Country Farm, North Florida Elderberry, Caraway Farm, Eggsotics Farm, and Oystercatcher Shellfish are transforming their harvests into ready-to-eat meals, specialty sausages, and artisanal products, strengthening our local food web and building a more sustainable future. Make sure to try their products the next time you're at a farmer's market!

🥄 Want to support our kitchen program? We’re working together to fundraise $25,000 by the end of the year to support our local food systems.

✨ Visit the link in our bio to donate today or head to: https://bit.ly/WF-WeWorkTogether

It’s #ShopLocalSaturday 💚 When you purchase a

It’s #ShopLocalSaturday 💚 When you purchase any item from our Seed & Merch shop, you are directly donating to Working Food! Any seed & merch purchase will include a card detailing what your donation supports, featuring our ‘Okra Lovers’ art designed by our co-founder and Seed Program Director Melissa DeSa! We've got tea towels, stickers, notecards, our collection of locally grown and saved seeds, and more! 🌱

Visit the link in our bio to head to our shop!

We’ve been celebrating an abundance of delicious

We’ve been celebrating an abundance of delicious food and community in our youth programs! Last week, our students across town got to prepare and cook food for each other, from the corn ground by students at @culturalartscoalition George Washington Carver Science Club and roselle harvested by those at the @greaterduval Duval Community Garden. We have immense gratitude for these shared meals in community thanks to our partnerships with community organizations.

We’re working to raise $25,000 by December 31 to

We’re working to raise $25,000 by December 31 to fuel our seed stewardship, youth empowerment, and food entrepreneurship programs in 2025. Every donation—big or small—helps strengthen a network of farmers, families, small businesses, and nonprofits working together for positive change. Over the next month, we’ll spotlight some of our incredible community partnerships and the impact we’ve collectively created. By trusting, collaborating, and dreaming together, we’re building a world where our needs are met, our environment is restored, and our communities thrive. Thank you for being an essential part of our journey!
✨Donate with the link in our bio or visit: bit.ly/WF-WeWorkTogether
🎨Artwork by the talented Nina Yagual (@beautifulhoodcrumb)

We’re still accepting pre-orders for our locally

We’re still accepting pre-orders for our locally grown tomato plants! We’ve got almost 20 different varieties available for pre-sale! This week, we’re highlighting Conie Pink. This variety has been around for many years, but only recently available to the general public through our seed shop. Farmers Charlie and Christine of Hammock Hollow Farm have been saving this one for years. We’re not really sure of its origins, but it was selected from an odd plant among a long row of others that really stood out to them for how well it did and how tasty the fruits were.

Plants are normally $4.50, but get a deal by pre-ordering for $4.25/plant! Pre-orders help us plan a little better, reduce waste, and guarantee you get the varieties you want! Visit our site to pre-order!

All pre-sales are paid in full upfront and picked up in person at GROW HUB. No shipping.

Pop-up seed demo @grovestreetfarmersmarket tomorro

Pop-up seed demo @grovestreetfarmersmarket tomorrow, Monday November 18!

We’ll be next to @siembrafarm, scooping and saving seeds from the Bellevue Butternut squash they grew! Come see how we save seeds and make decisions on which fruits to grow into the future!

This variety has been stewarded by Tommy Simmons for many years at Bellevue Gardens in Archer, Florida and we’re honored to help keep it going.

#seedsaving #popup #heirloomvegetables #localfood #localseed

We’re still accepting pre-orders for our locally

We’re still accepting pre-orders for our locally grown tomato plants! We’ve got almost 20 different varieties available for pre-sale. This week, we’re highlighting Bellevue Cherry. This is our go-to cherry tomato recommendation! Bellevue Cherry is from Tommy Simmons of Bellevue Gardens in Archer, Florida. Never have we ever seen a cherry tomato so robust and prolific! This plant is certainly adapted to Florida and thrives when provided good growing conditions. Loads of large sized red cherry tomatoes ripen all season long.

Plants are normally $5, but get a deal by pre-ordering for $4.25/plant! Pre-orders help us plan a little better, reduce waste, and guarantee you get the varieties you want. Visit our website to order 🍅🍅🍅

This past spring we’ve been working with local farmers helping grow our local seed community, by saving seeds on their farm. You can read more about this project on our blog, which was funded by @southernsare

We installed the fall garden at the Wilhelmina Joh

We installed the fall garden at the Wilhelmina Johnson Center with the @culturalartscoalition George Washington Carver Science Club last week! With a majority of returning students, we were able to jump right into the garden. The kids were gentle and thoughtful with the plants and each other. They planted and harvested skillfully and loved showing the new students all the ropes. We met sitting on blankets on the ground under a tent in a light rain, and the kids commented on how it felt like our very own fort. The students were so happy to say hello to the worms they missed all summer, calling to them by name🪱 The three returning fifth graders are natural leaders - They are already setting a culture of curiosity and kindness! It’s going to be an amazing year💚

It’s time to start planting your wildflowers! We

It’s time to start planting your wildflowers! We have plenty of Florida Natives for you to sow: blanket flower, beebalm, black-eyed Susan, mimosa, goldenrod and more. Want to start your wildflower patch? Most wildflowers are sown in the fall and winter months, but early spring is acceptable, too! Visit our seed shop to purchase locally grown and saved seeds, including all these beautiful wildflowers.

#LocalSeed SeedSaving #Wildflowers #GrowWildFlower #FloridaNativePlant

Gardeners - order your tomato plants for spring! S

Gardeners - order your tomato plants for spring! Starting now through December 15, we’ll be taking pre-orders for tomato plants that will be available in March. As always, we curate a selection of our favorites that we know do well here. Florida can be a tough place to grow tomatoes! But starting with the right variety makes all the difference.

Plants are normally $5, but get a deal by pre-ordering for $4.25/plant! Pre-orders help us plan a little better, reduce waste, and guarantees you get the varieties you want!

All pre-sales are paid in full upfront and picked up in person at@grow.hub. No shipping.

Order link in our bio!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED: This year we will be having our

GIVEAWAY CLOSED:

This year we will be having our first ever kids camps and workshops open to the community, for children aged 8 to 12. This is new for us, and we are hoping our community will help us spread the word about this fun new offering. So, we’re hosting a giveaway! One winner will receive a $25 credit to our Seed & Merch Shop, redeemable online.

To enter our free giveaway, follow Working Food and tag someone in the comments who you think might be interested in our kids camps! Each comment is one entry into the giveaway. This giveaway will close on Friday, November 8, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EST and a winner will be selected on Monday, November 11, 2024. There will be one winner across both Instagram and Facebook.

More info on our Community Kids Workshops and Camps: These camps and workshops are open to children aged 8 to 12, and take place throughout the year both after school and on school breaks to give kids multiple opportunities to learn and have fun. Through our workshops and camps, kids will develop relationships with the land, ecology, soil, seeds, crops, and, of course, nourishing food. Registration is now open for all camps during the 2024-25 school year. See our year long schedule above. Terms and conditions of the giveaway in the comments.

We'll be @grow.hub's Native Plant-A-Palooza on Sat

We'll be @grow.hub's Native Plant-A-Palooza on Saturday, November 9 (9A-3P)! Stop by to say hi! Pick up some of our seeds and merch, and even visit our seed gardens!
There will be lots of native plants for sale, free mini workshops, food and other plant and art vendors. Plus, live music 🎵

As we get our seed gardens ready for fall, we’re

As we get our seed gardens ready for fall, we’re taking a look back to spring! Back in April, we filmed this clip exploring borage, a plant that is incredibly attractive to pollinators, as seen here!

#SeedSaving #FloridaGarden #SeedSovereignty #LocalSeed #Borage #SeedKnowledge

We’re back in motion with our weekly youth garde

We’re back in motion with our weekly youth garden classes. Out at the Garden of Eatin’, Duval Community Garden’s youth garden, our first day back was full of teamwork and smiles. We moved compost, picked and processed roselle, and enjoyed each other's company and the fall weather.

Some sweet moments include: Andrew, 6, clearing each area of snails before we dumped compost so they wouldn’t get squished, and Mariah, 9, waiting patiently in the garden with arms outstretched until a butterfly landed on her to show Tyree, 6, who was trying to catch a butterfly, that this was the more gentle way.

As always, this garden is in collaboration with Greater Duval Neighborhood Association!

We are distributing for FREE Rob Greenfield's new

We are distributing for FREE Rob Greenfield's new book "Food Freedom: Empowerment Model for Liberation Through Food." You can pick up a copy during our regular open hours (Tuesday & Thursday: 10A-2P)

More info on the book and author: Ten years ago, Robin Greenfield awoke to the destruction of the industrial food system. Since then, he has been deeply exploring the food we eat, often through immersive activism, which led to one of his most burning questions: could he step outside of the food system completely and grow and forage 100% of his food?

In Food Freedom, he shares his adventures of living without grocery stores or restaurants. Nothing packaged, processed, or shipped; not even multivitamins, supplements, or spices. Within the city of Orlando, Florida, he turned lawns into abundant gardens, with a biodiversity of over 100 plant species. He foraged 200 species of plants and mushrooms from nature, experimenting with food as his medicine.

Fall is a great time to sow native wildflower seed

Fall is a great time to sow native wildflower seeds! We have our favorites: beebalm, blanket flower, goldenrod, and rudbekia, featuring local varieties brought to us through the local Florida Wildflower Cooperative.
Find our seeds in our online shop! We've also found a great planting resource from @flawildflowers ! Find both with the link in our bio 💚🌸

Mark your calendars! This year we will be having o

Mark your calendars! This year we will be having our first ever kids camps open to the community, for children aged 8 to 12. Working Food’s Youth Programs aim to empower children by connecting them with our local food community. Registration is now open for all camps during the 2024-25 school year.

Our first workshop is on Friday, November 22nd, 3-5 PM. At the After-School Roselle Workshop, we will learn about roselle hibiscus while making a 4-ounce can of holiday jam and crafting with local roselle.

Head to our website to see the entire schedule and register your kid! We’ll share more about each workshop on our social media in the coming weeks. Link in bio to register😊💚

We’ll be at the Third Annual Roselle Festival th

We’ll be at the Third Annual Roselle Festival this weekend, hosted by @frogsongcsa. Find us Saturday, October 19th, at Frog Song Organics (4317 NE US Highway 301, Hawthorne), where we’ll have our locally grown and saved seeds and merch for sale! You’ll also see one of our kitchen entrepreneurs, @flavorful_llc serving their delicious food❤ Get your tickets now! Link in our bio to get.

You can now purchase Working Food seeds and merch

You can now purchase Working Food seeds and merch in person at our Community Center and office at 219 NW 10th Ave. during our regular open hours. Stop by on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10AM-2PM, to find a selection of our seeds and merchandise available for purchase. As always, you can find our full selection online! We hope to see you soon 😊💚