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Eat, Shop and Grow Local!

July 3, 2024

Environmental·Farms·Food + Drink·Health & Wellness·Lifestyle·Locally Sourced

Words by Kara Carter With summer in full swing, the last thing you want after picking out fresh produce is an inedible piece of fruit like this woman has experienced at her local Walmart after picking up a watermelon that bends? A consumer is less likely to know where their produce comes from and the ethical trade behind their purchase

Events·Farms·Feature

Murray Hill Farmers Market: Cultivating Connections Through Local Food, Regeneration and Community

Words & photos by Ambar Ramirez Nearly every day it seems that a study comes out with information about harmful chemicals and components being found in our food. Whether it’s microplastics, micropollutants, Red 40 or GMO, they are making their way into our food, grocery stores and bodies.

Pencils from Florida’s Cedar Trees

Pencils from Florida’s Cedar Trees By Ted Hunt It’s the end of

Eat Your Yard Jax

Kale Boucher I’ve long romanticized gardening. As soon as I got my

Epik Burger introduces Poutine using Wainwright Dairy & Creamery Cheddar Cheese Curds

June 9, 2020

Farms·Food + Drink·Restaurants

12740 Atlantic Blvd #105, Jacksonville Epik Burger has long been a Jacksonville favorite when it comes to their burgers, but they recently added a new menu item that is guaranteed to knock your socks off, a Poutine using fresh Cheddar cheese curds from Wainwright Dairy & Creamery in Live Oak.

Slow Down with Tour de Farm 2017

November 16, 2017

Business·Community·Family·Farms·Feature·Food + Drink·Learning·Outdoors·Tours·Travel & Tourism·Uncategorized

Slow Food First Coast is hosting their biannual Tour de Farm November 19th from 12pm to 5pm. The event gives over 15 North Florida farms a chance to open their (barn) doors for a day. Each farm has a restaurant or an artisan food and beverage partner along with fun

Seven Local Farmers Markets You Should Know About

September 10, 2017

Farms·Feature·Food + Drink·Outdoors·Perennial·Shopping

Jacksonville Farmers Market Daily, dawn to dusk, jaxfarmersmarket.com Because so many produce providers are there each day, there’s competition, so prices are excellent even if you don’t haggle. What they have over other farmers markets is an incredible selection, but of course that means not everything is locally grown. If

Christie and Michael Leach of Bee Friends Farm

Creative Spaces: Michael and Christie Leach of Bee Friends Farm

March 5, 2017

Business·Creative Spaces·Farms·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Hemming Park·Perennial·Westside

When he was sixteen years old, an employer advised beekeeper to quit his job every five years. “Incidentally, that’s what’s happened,” says Leach. Yet the bee business seems to stick. These days, he’s on his third year of the honey product development side of with his wife, Christie, and their

Moon Over the Market, GastroJax, FRLA, Jacksonville Farmers Market

CONTEST: Win tickets to Moon Over the Market on Nov 10

November 4, 2016

#904Giveaways: Contests FOLIO·#EatUpJax·Charitable·Drink·Family·Farms·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Learning·Northside·Shopping

Moon Over the Market is a tasting event brought to you by GastroJax, and the First Coast Chapter of FRLA, featuring the iconic Jacksonville Farmers Market. Included in your ticket price will be tastes from local food providers, an adult beverage, and samples from the next generation of chefs as

Tree Hill Nature Center, Old Arlington, Jacksonville, FL, photo by Fran Ruchalski

GET OUTSIDE – Tree Hill Beckons

March 6, 2016

Arlington·Community·Family·Farms·Health & Wellness·Learning·Lifestyle·Neighborhoods·Outdoors·Parks

Tree Hill Nature Center is one of Jacksonville’s greatest hideaways. The 50+ acres of land, the Florida natural history museum and the annual Joseph A. Strasser Butterfly Festival ensures a unique experience for all visitors, any time of the year. Since its inception in 1971, Tree Hill Nature Center

Fresh From The Farm

November 13, 2015

Farms·Feature·Food + Drink·Health & Wellness·Lifestyle·Outdoors

BY BRENTLEY STEAD Event: Tour de Farm Date/Time: November 15, 12-5pm Tickets: $5 Donation or a $20 all day car pass Contact: SlowFoodFirstCoast.org Fall harvest is the time to explore local farms, and the presented by is the perfect way to do just that. The Tour de Farm is on

What’s Next For Congaree and Penn

October 27, 2015

Farms·Food + Drink

Growing Rice in Jacksonville Leads to Mayhaw, Muscadines & Bees Frequent any of the local farmers markets and you might have seen the cheerful folks from . Their product is unique–locally grown North Florida rice, and you can take one of their recipe cards if you aren’t quite sure how

Farms

Eat, Shop and Grow Local!

Murray Hill Farmers Market: Cultivating Connections Through Local Food, Regeneration and Community

Pencils from Florida’s Cedar Trees

Eat Your Yard Jax

Epik Burger introduces Poutine using Wainwright Dairy & Creamery Cheddar Cheese Curds

Slow Down with Tour de Farm 2017

Seven Local Farmers Markets You Should Know About

Creative Spaces: Michael and Christie Leach of Bee Friends Farm

CONTEST: Win tickets to Moon Over the Market on Nov 10

GET OUTSIDE – Tree Hill Beckons

Fresh From The Farm

What’s Next For Congaree and Penn

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