Well, that was an interesting adventure! I decided to try and find the closest farms where we could buy true organic veggies and meats. After some searching, we came to find out that there is a local, hidden, unmarked farm right here in Clearwater!
What!? This town is all about houses, apartments, strip malls, a massive beach, tourists, and a dead downtown area! Who knew there is an organic vegetable farm right here!?
I found out the hours are extremely limited on just Friday and Saturday. So, we GPS'd our way here and saw a driveway through a fence in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Ok then!
We drove in, saw an operating farm and parked. We were the only folks there other then the young lady Brittney and her younger sister (?) plus their dog who came out to help us.
She gave us a card and said, their sales are designed to be done online. You sign up for either weekly or biweekly veggies. You can select a full share or a half share. Then, you just pick 'em up! They pick the veggies based on what is available! Surprise!
Since this was Florida summer, no veggies were available because they won't grow during summer. For fun, I bought a small able-to-survive-Florida-summer spinach plant and will now try to grow it!
They also carry grass-fed organic beef and organic chicken sourced from other nearby partner farms. It's all frozen. We were exploring today so I didn't buy any but we will some day!
Can't wait to come back when they have veggies available!
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