2018
April 2018
Sunday 22 April 2018
Sun 22 Apr, 10 am-3 pm. Wouldn’t it be neat if you could develop your very own garden vegetable varieties? What excites you? Milder mustards, bigger pumpkins, tastier tomatoes, or hotter peppers?! Wouldn't it be awesome to save enough of your own seeds, so you don’t need to buy them each year?
Well you can! Join us for a mini crash course all about seeds for southern growers. Learn about selecting the right varieties, conducting your own trials and experiments, and saving seed to improve varieties. You can do it! Local experts are here to help!
This is our second time teaching an in-depth workshop that will inspire you to improve the food we grow in North Florida, by getting the knowledge and tools you need to help create a more resilient and adapted seed bank for the south.
$25 donation to help cover our costs and support our continued work to save seeds in our community.
Tickets via www.memberplanet.com. Grow Hub, 2900 NE 8 Avenue, Gainesville, 32641. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Tue 10 Apr, 8:30 am. Come shop for locally grown plants for your garden that support a good cause!
We have an assortment of tomatoes, peppers, herbs, flowers and landscape plants. Selection will vary each week. Check event page for weekly updates.
Grow Hub supports Working Food's Southern Heritage Seed Collective and Sant Fe College's horticulture therapy program, both of which provide meaningful opportunities to adults with special needs.
Cash or check preferred, credit OK. Grow Hub, 2900 NE 8 Avenue, Gainesville, 32641. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Tue 3 Apr, 8:30 am. Come shop for locally grown plants for your garden that support a good cause!
We have an assortment of tomatoes, peppers, herbs, flowers and landscape plants. Selection will vary each week. Check event page for weekly updates.
Grow Hub supports Working Food's Southern Heritage Seed Collective and Sant Fe College's horticulture therapy program, both of which provide meaningful opportunities to adults with special needs.
Cash or check preferred, credit OK. Grow Hub, 2900 NE 8 Avenue, Gainesville, 32641. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
March 2018
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Tue 27 Mar, 8:30 am. Come shop for locally grown plants for your garden that support a good cause!
We have an assortment of tomatoes, peppers, herbs, flowers and landscape plants. Selection will vary each week. Check event page for weekly updates.
Grow Hub supports Working Food's Southern Heritage Seed Collective and Sant Fe College's horticulture therapy program, both of which provide meaningful opportunities to adults with special needs.
Cash or check preferred, credit OK. Grow Hub, 2900 NE 8 Avenue, Gainesville, 32641. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
Monday 26 March 2018
Mon 26 Mar, 6-8 pm. Join veteran environmentalist Maya van Rossum at the Working Food Community Center in Gainesville as she discusses her new book, The Green Amendment: Securing our Right to a Healthy Environment, followed by Q&A and signing. Come out and meet Maya, pick up a copy of the book, and learn about the future of environmental advocacy.
This event is presented by Suwannee St. John’s Sierra Club. 219 NW 10th Avenue, Working Food Community Center, Gainesville, 32601. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
Wednesday 21 March 2018
Wed 21 Mar, 6-8 pm. Join us for a night of good eats and good company as we host the inaugural AMAZING POTLUCK Cookoff. Come show off your cooking skills and share a dish with friends old and new. The goal of the event is to have a friendly competition, and enjoy a meal together while raising funds for Working Food's Community Kitchen Incubator. Don't want to cook and just want to eat? You are invited, too. 1220 SE Veitch Street, First Magnitude Brewing Company, Gainesville, 32601. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
Tuesday 20 March 2018
Tue 20 Mar, 8:30 am. Come shop for locally grown plants for your garden that support a good cause!
We have an assortment of tomatoes, peppers, herbs, flowers and landscape plants. Selection will vary each week. Check event page for weekly updates.
Grow Hub supports Working Food's Southern Heritage Seed Collective and Sant Fe College's horticulture therapy program, both of which provide meaningful opportunities to adults with special needs.
Cash or check preferred, credit OK. Grow Hub, 2900 NE 8 Avenue, Gainesville, 32641. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
Monday 19 March 2018
Mon 19 Mar, 7-9 pm. Want to grow your own herbs, vegetables, fruit, and flowers? But do not live on an acre? Do not live in a house? Do not have any space for a raised bed? That is no excuse. If you cannot get a shovel in the ground, come and learn how to get a trowel in some pots.
Victoria Kaminski can help you with that. Working Food, 219 NW 10 Ave, Gainesville, 32601. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
February 2018
Monday 19 February 2018
Mon 19 Feb, 7-9 pm. Join the Grow Gainesville group for their monthly Third Monday Meeting where an interesting topic related to food production is discussed. Potluck, drawing for prizes, and a great social time with other growers. The event is always free. Working Food Community Center, 219 NW 10 Ave, Gainesville, 32601. Faith Carr, 352-260-4458. Working Food - [workingfood][email][events]
Friday 16 February 2018
Fri 16 Feb, 5:30-7 pm. Join us at Working Food for a happy hour reception to celebrate the tastes of the season and mingle with fellow foodies.
We will have delicious local grub and beverage from Afternoon and Mayflower Cellars that will be available for purchase. DJ Dad will be here spinning some tunes as well.
Don’t miss out on this fun and relaxing evening. Working Food Community Center 219 NW 10 Ave, Gainesville, 32601. Melissa Desa, 352-260-4458. Working Food - [workingfood][email][events]
Thursday 15 February 2018
Thu 15 Feb, 6-7 pm. Join the Southern Heritage Seed Collective (a program of Working Food) at an interactive seed table. Seeds on display, under the microscope, info on seed saving, games, and an open seed swap. Bring extra seeds you want to donate or swap, and take some home from us. Micanopy Library, 706 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, 32667. Melissa Desa, 352-260-4458. Working Food - [workingfood][email][events]
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Wed 14 Feb, 4-7 pm. Southern Heritage Seed Collective, now in it’s 8th year will be dispersing seeds once again this February, for your spring and summer gardens.
Come gather from a wide selection of veggies, herbs and flowers. Many are locally grown seeds, right here in our county. All are known to perform well in north Florida.
Variety list and catalog will be posted later this week! Stay tuned.
Tomato and pepper seeds are available in limited packet quantities starting next week, for those that wish to start their own. We will be selling starter plants in March.
For more info about becoming a Seed CSA member, and our seed collective program, visit:
https://workingfood.org/southern-heritage-seed-collective/. Union Street Farmers Market, 111 East University Ave, Gainesville, 32601. Melissa Desa, 352-260-4458. Working Food - [workingfood][email][events]
Saturday 10 February 2018
Sat 10 Feb, 10 am-12 pm. Join Working Food at the opening of the new Scoop on Poop exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History to learn all about compost. From 10-12, Working Food will run 15 minute demos that will include the basics of successful home composting, worm composting, and examples of compost bins. Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd, Gainesville, 32611. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [workingfood][email][events]
2017
October 2017
Sunday 22 October 2017
Sun 22 Oct 2017, 5-8 pm. Working Food Sunday Series Fall Harvest Dinner in partnership with the Farm Kitchen Collective.
Join Working Food for a fresh, farm-to-table meal featuring the best of what our local farms have to offer! You will also get a sneak peak of our Kitchen Incubator progress and learn more about our great community programs!
Tickets: $45 per person for a three course meal and non-alcoholic beverages, $40 for Working Food members.
Limited quantities available, RSVP by Oct 17th.
All proceeds support the non-profit activities of Working Food. Forage and Working Food, 2815 NW 15 Place, Gainesville, 32601. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
Sunday 15 October 2017
Sun 15 Oct 2017, 9:30 am-12 pm. Did you know that we are “walking over medicine” with every step? Come on a walk around the Working Food neighborhood to see nature’s seasonal smorgasbord of edible and medicinal plants. You will see common weeds that can be found in North Florida yards or disturbed areas, such as pastures, vacant lots, parks, and roadsides.
Susan will share her passion for medicinal weeds and you will learn some of the important physical and medicinal characteristics of the plants and the plant families and will taste some of the wild plants. Be ready to take notes and pictures in this fast-paced class!
Led by Susan Marynowski.
Sliding suggested donation to benefit Working Food of $10. Forage and Working Food, 2815 NW 15 Place, Gainesville, 32601. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]
Saturday 14 October 2017
Sat 14 Oct 2017, 10 am-1:30 pm. Join us at the Working Food Community Center for some family education and fun. Learn about wildflowers, wild pollinators, and much more.
This event is free, but there will be a suggested donation of $10 for anyone that wants to make, and take home their own pollinator house.
Native wildlfower plants and seeds will be available for sale.
10-11:00 Terry Zinn of the Florida Wildflower Foundation will talk about successful planting and maintenance of native wildflowers in the home landscape.
11-12:00 PM Dr. Corey Stanley Stahr will talk about attracting native pollinators to your yard by creating an inviting habitat for wild pollinators.
12:00-1:30 PM build your own pollinator house with us! Suggested donation of $10 to help us cover the cost of supplies. First come first serve, you can pay us with cash, check or card that day.
BYOP: bring your own picnic. Light refreshments available.
Children are welcome. Forage and Working Food, 2815 NW 15 Place, Gainesville, 32601. 352-260-4458. Working Food - [facebook][email][events]