Category Archives: Local Food

Jazz and gourmet food to benefit Orlando’s Eat Local Week

The Fall is shaping up to be an incredible “Local Food” smorgasbord.  Not only has the Harvest Festival expanded to two days, including a new conference component, but we are also partnering with Slow Food Orlando to establish the entire … Continue reading

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Sustainable Food Project – Local Food Guide

The Winter Park Harvest Festival is a proud sponsor of an incredible Local Food guide debuting this Summer.  Over the last two years the dedicated volunteers at the Simple Living Institute have been compiling the first comprehensive listing of farms, community … Continue reading

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Small Farms Conference in July

Kamrin and I attended the Small Farms conference last year and besides learning a ton about Florida Farming we were able to network with some truly inspiring agricultural entrepreneurs and visionaries.  Since last years conference I have had the opportunity … Continue reading

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Urban Farming Workshop

Sharon Yeago of the Farmers Market Coalition and I had the good fortune of spending an hour with Richard Tyson, Orange County’s IFAS extension office Director. One of the major insights that came out of that meeting was the lack … Continue reading

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Agrarian Urbanism presentation by Andres Duany

I am really looking forward to a talk about Agrarian Urbanism taking place this Wednesday at Rollins.  The details are bellow, but suffice it to say we are very fortunate to have Andres Duany coming to Winter Park. Andres is … Continue reading

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