Resources
We get a lot of emails from community members looking for help learning about farming, gardening, and all aspects of the local food community, here are some links that everyone may find useful
Fellow Farmers, Gardeners & Exciting Plant Projects, local:
Bee Heaven Farm (certified organic vegetable farm, Redlands. CSA program)
http://beeheavenfarm.com/
LNB Groves (organic tropical fruit farm, Redlands)
http://www.lnbgrovestand.com/
French Farms (small scale diversified vegetable farm, Redlands. CSA program)
www.frenchfarms.net
Worden Farms (large scale organic vegetables on the west coast of Florida)
http://www.wordenfarm.com/
Teenas Pride Heirloom Tomatoes (not organic, family owned tomato farm, Redlands)
http://www.teenaspride.com/
Tiny Farm (small scale diversified vegetables. CSA program, Redlands)
www.tinyfarmmiami.com
Paradise Farms (certified organic & regenerative fruit & veggie farm, CSA, wellness event space)
https://sacredspacemiami.com/pages/paradise-farms
Empower Farms (permaculture farm, ships organic turmeric nationwide. Homestead. CSA program)
empowerfarms.com
Urban Green Works (urban vegetable farm, community forward not for profit)
urbangreenworks.org
Ready-To-Grow Gardens (vegetable garden installations and edible plant nursery)
www.ready-to-grow.com
Tree Amigos Growers (edible plant nursery. Davie)
treeamigosgrowers.square.site
Earth N Us (communal living farm, open to the public with animals. Little Haiti)
earthnusfarm.weebly.com
Finca Morada (urban permaculture farm, cooperative living space & center for "wild culture" community wellness. volunteer opportunities. North Miami)
fincamorada.org
Grow Roots Miami (community project installing edible gardens for low income families in Miami. Donate and volunteer opportunities, North Miami)
growrootsmiami.org
Plant Philosophy (bringing plant knowledge into communities through networking, art and science)
@plantphilosophyllc
Miami Seed Share (community project saving and distributing seeds throughout Miami)
@miamiseedshare
Urban Oasis Project (not for profit growing the local food movement in Miami Dade since 2008. Organizes farmers markets, food justice veggie boxes and more)
urbanoasisproject.org
True Tree Service (certified arborist committed to sustainability and urban forestry)
truetreeservicemiami.com
Fertile Earth Worm Farm (local worm farm and compost producer)
https://fertileearthwormfarm.com/
Local Herbalists & Bee Keepers:
CombCutters
combcutters.wixsite.com/combcutters
BeeLightful Bees by Melissa Sorokin
@beelightfulbees
Colony & Comb
@colonyandcomb
The Garden Jules
thegardenjules.com
Buenezas
buenezas.com
Farm, Garden & Food Books:
Organic Methods for Vegetable Gardening in Florida
Ginny Stibolt and Melissa Contreras, 2013
Building Soils Naturally
Phil Nauta, 2012
Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, Third Edition
Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis
Perennial Vegetables: From Artichoke to Zuiki Taro, A gardener’s guide to over 100 delicious and easy to grow edibles
Eric Toensmeier, 2007
Square Foot Gardening: A new way to garden in less space with less work
Mel Bartholomew 2005
The Market Gardener
Jean-Martin Fortier 2104
Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual
Bill Mollison, 1988
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition
Toby Hemingway, 2009
Fruits of Warm Climates
Julia F. Morton, reprinted in 2013
Edible Landscaping: Now You Can Have Your Gorgeous Garden and Eat It Too!
Rosalind Creasy, 2010
Holistic Management, Third Edition: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment
Savory, Allan
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming
Fukuoka, Masanobu
Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farms' Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land
Leah Penniman & Karen Washington
Letters to a Young Farmer: On Food, Farming, and Our Future
compiled by Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Edible Leaves of the Tropics
by Franklin W. Martin, Ruth M. Ruberte, and Laura S. Meitzner
Websites and Organizations for Online Learning & Research:
ECHO research facility, Tampa FL
echonet.org
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Science (IFAS) Extension office
Homestead, FL http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/
Edible South Florida Magazine
http://ediblesouthflorida.com/
Dade County Master Gardener Program
http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/lawn_and_garden/master_gardener.shtml
IFAS Florida Garden Guide FAQ Page
http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/pinellasco/2014/04/04/florida-vegetable-garden-faqs/
IFAS Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vh021
Permaculture Voices Podcast Series, “The Urban Farmer”
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/category/the-urban-farmer/
Farmer to Farmer Podcast Series
http://www.farmertofarmerpodcast.com/episodes
No Till Market Garden Podcast
notillgrowers.com/podcast
Plants for the Future Online Edible Plant Database
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
http://www.fairchildgarden.org/
Fruit and Spice Park, Homestead FL
http://www.fruitandspicepark.org/
Companies we buy seeds and supplies from:
Johnny Select Seeds
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
http://www.rareseeds.com/
Peaceful Valley (great for tools and soil amendments)
http://www.groworganic.com/
Kitazawa Seed Co.
http://www.kitazawaseed.com/
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
https://www.southernexposure.com/
The Plant Good Seed Company
plantgoodseed.com
Mountain Valley Growers “Gardening by Zone” herb guide
http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/gardeningbyzone.htm
Tomatofest
www.tomatofest.com
Gardeners Supply Company
http://www.gardeners.com/
Outside Pride Seed
http://www.outsidepride.com/
Garret Wade, beautiful well crafted hand tools for home and garden http://www.garrettwade.com/
Neptunes Harvest Ocean Fertilizers
http://www.neptunesharvest.com/
TeraGanix, producers of EM1
teraganix.com
Vego Garden, metal raised beds (we use a ton of these in our garden installations)
https://vegogarden.com/
and don’t forget about CRAIGSLIST, farm & garden section, its full of useful supplies http://miami.craigslist.org/search/gra