Organizations & Clubs

Gainseville Farm Fresh:

Gainesville Farm Fresh is a local community food resource, providing an ongoing accumulation of local food resources such as farmer's markets, farms, CSA's, roadside stands and U-pick farms. In addition Gainesville Farm Fresh provides news, resources and links to publications, organizations and services dedicated to sustainable agriculture and local food.

Citizens Co-op:

Our mission is to help grow a community-based food system through the creation and establishment of a food market that will offer a bountiful selection of natural foods and products.

Florida Organic Growers:

Florida Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. supports and promotes organic and sustainable agriculture, wherein; we educate consumers, farmers, future farmers (children & youth), businesses, policy makers and the general public.

Hogtown Homegrown:

Hogtown Homegrown:Newsletter , Recipes & Blog: Kitchen Crumbs. Hogtown HomeGrown philosophy – buy local and seasonal food, support our community's businesses and Save the World – One Dinner at a Time!

Slow Food Gainesville:

Slow Food Gainesville is a local chapter of an amazing national and international non-profit organization that works to educate, support and celebrate food traditions and sustainable food production.

Blue Oven Kitchens:

Blue Oven Kitchens is a kitchen incubator, meaning that it provides access to inspected, commercial kitchen space while also providing business support services. We are currently fundraising to build a main facility of our own in Gainesville that will be open 24-hours for rental and will be fit for caterers, bakers, and some classes and preserving.

Grow Gainesville:

The Grow Gainesville urban garden network aims to maximize the food production and security of those growing their own food, focusing on support, education and increased access to resources. Be part of a collective network of organizations, agencies and individuals providing resources to Gainesville's many gardeners to assist them in maintaining healthy and thriving food-producing landscapes.

Sustainable Alachua County:

Sustainable Alachua County:

Sustainable Alachua County (SAC) is dedicated to organizing education and action to promote a deeper, healthier, more resilient community in Alachua County. The sustainability hub for the Gainesville community.

Abundant Edible Landscapes:

To reconnect families to their food, health and Environment, promoting water conversation, practicing permaculture techniques and providing living wage and green jobs in our community.

Edible Plant Project:

The Edible Plant Project is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based group working to promote edible landscaping and local food abundance in North Central Florida.

Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm

The Mission of the Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm is To foster harmony in our community and provide access to fresh local food, while working together to preserve our historic neighborhood farm.

Gainesville Harvest:

Gainesville Harvest provides the means and the manpower to deliver fresh, nutritious food to the hungry. Our volunteers distribute surplus food from donors to the agencies that feed hungry men, women and children.

St. Francis House:

For many of our guests, nourishing the body is the first step towards nourishing the spirit. That's why we offer delicious, complete breakfasts from 7:30 to 9:00 AM, and hot, hearty lunches from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, 365 days a year. In addition, emergency sandwiches are available for those who miss a meal.

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group:

To empower and inspire farmers, individuals and communities in the Saouth to create an agricultural system that is ecologically sound, viable, socially just and humane.

Alachua County Ag Extension:

The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information accessible.

Florida Farm Bureau:

The Florida Farm Bureau Federation's mission is "to increase the net income of farmers and ranchers, and to improve the quality of rural life."

Alachua County Nutrition Alliance:

The mission of the Alachua County Nutrition Alliance ( ACNA) is to reduce hunger in Alachua County by developing and coordinating community-wide strategies to assist and empower individuals and families who are food insecure.

Campus Kitchen Project at U of F:

We are the future of hunger relief. We're training the next generation of leaders to implement innovative new models to combat hunger, and we're bringing those models to communities around the nation.

Green House of the Gainesville Catholic Worker:

We're a "house of hospitality" where folks can drop by to get a bite to eat among other things. We serve meals prepared from locally grown food, bought from local farmers (and also donated after the Saturday market). Due to the number of volunteers we use at meal preparation, we've taught a lot of college students how to cook, using local food and plan on teaching classes on cooking and preservation.

Weston Price Foundation - Gainesville

Weston Price is about education, research and activism. We are responsible for a lot of what is happening currently to challenge the status quo of nutrition. The foundation does a lot work connecting people to local farms and products as well as supporting local farmers nationwide. Contact: Beth Michelson, bmichelson@bellsouth.net

Organic Food Coalition:

Our aim is to bring awareness to the University of Florida campus about the benefits of eating and buying organic and locally grown produce and where to obtain such foods in the Gainesville area. Also, we will be sharing information on how to grow your own vegetables, using UF facilities or at home.

Seed Savers:

High Springs: Meetings are the 4th Tuesday of the month at the High Springs Public Library. Discussions and films on gardening and sustainable agriculture. Contact: Nancy Montgomery, 386-462-1828

Alachua County Beekeepers Club:

A club for anyone interested in beekeeping, saving our bees, or learning about bees and how they make honey. Everyone welcome. They meet the third Thursday of each month at Hitchcock's Foodway, Alachua, Fl at 7:00PM

Website is http://www.alachuabees.org

Contact is Chappie McChesney  386 462-2637 Email: chappiesbees@windstream.net

The Gainesville Area Bee Club:

Meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Entomology Lab at the University of Florida. The club's mission is to educate the public, mentor new beekeepers and have fun learning about honey bees. Membership dues are $12/year. If you're interested in joining contact the club's president, Cindy Belknap 352-256-7962.