Growing food, knowledge, and opportunity in North Central Florida

Working Food is a community-rooted nonprofit growing a just, resilient food system in North Central Florida.

What we do

Cultivate Skills & Resources

Growing gardens that nourish people, preserve seeds, and build community.

Giving Gardens

Engage & 
Educate Youth

Offering hands-on gardening experiences that inspire the next generation.

Youth Growing Together

Connect Local Food to Communities

Strengthening ties between families, farmers, and fresh, local food.

Local Food Connection

Our Approach

We weave together shared knowledge, cultural traditions and local leadership to strengthen the web of people and land that sustains us all. These efforts nourish community health, support growers, and create long-term resilience for North Central Florida. 

Together, we grow.

Every seed planted and meal shared is a part of a bigger vision: an ecosystem of care, equity, and connection.

View our Strategic Plan

Impact that matters

5,357

Seed packets distributed

5,000

Pounds of food grown and donated

48

Local entrepreneurs who used our kitchen to grow their businesses

475+

Students learned about gardening and cooking

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Upcoming events

  • Planning a Spring Vegetable Garden

    February 12, 2026

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  • Garden Demo Day: Taking Care of Tomato Seedlings

    February 14, 2026

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  • Valentine's Farm-to-Table Dinner

    February 14, 2026

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It takes all of us to build a better food system.

It takes all of us to build a better food system.

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  • “Farm to School would not be what it is without Working Food's assistance. Over the years, we’ve intersected in many ways from garden advice, farm connections, to troubleshooting the laborious process of rebuilding and sustaining a local school food system. This is their strength, they truly understand how a local food system works - from seed to plate.”

    - Kelli Brew, Former Director of Farm to School

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Tickets are still available for this weekend’s Valentine’s Farm-to-Table Dinner — a night under the stars in support of fresh food access for all. ✨ Bring someone you love and join us at beautiful Frog Song Farm to celebrate the pow
Thank you sponsors of our Valentine’s Farm-to-Table Dinner, Ward’s @wardsgainesville and Grand Scheme Brewing @grandschemebrewing , that have generously donated to support our work! 💌 Spend Valentine’s Day surrounded by the joys o
We’re sharing more of what’s been growing in our fall/winter seed saving & research gardens! ✨Our Seed and Garden Director Melissa DeSa brought home some exciting broccoli to trial after attending the Organic Seed Growers Conference
Join us for our first Garden Demo Day of the year, Taking Care of Tomato Seedlings, on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 10 AM out at GROW HUB. 🌱Each year, we grow hundreds of tomato plants that our community is able to purchase in time for tomato growing seas
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