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Farm to City food distribution planned for Nov. 26

| Staff Reporters
UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC), Feeding the Gulf Coast, and Waterfront Rescue Mission will feed 500 families in Santa Rosa County and 500 families in Escambia County this Thanksgiving holiday. This event is first come, first served with up to two families per vehicle.
Trevor Young, 15, left, Lechia Froman of United Bank – Pace, and Parker Godwin of Farm Credit of Northwest Florida, sort and bag cucumbers for the Farm to City Food Distribution at the Clyde L. Gracey Community Center. Picture from 2023.

On Nov. 26, Feeding the Gulf Coast will provide holiday meal boxes for each family that includes a turkey or ham and all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal. UF/IFAS WFREC and Santa Rosa Farm Bureau will provide locally grown produce. This will also allow an opportunity to teach residents in the community about the economic, environmental and societal benefits of agriculture.

Drive-thru distribution sites

Santa Rosa County

9 a.m. until all food boxes are distributed

Car line-up begins at 8 a.m.

Clyde L. Gracey Milton Community Center

5629 Byrom Street in Milton

 

Escambia County

9 a.m. until all food boxes are distributed

Car line-up begins at 8 a.m.

Brownsville Community Center

3200 W. Desoto Street in Pensacola

 

About the Farm to City initiative

The University of Florida IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, Feeding the Gulf Coast, and Waterfront Rescue Mission will once again join forces to celebrate National Farm to City Week November 20-27, 2024. Farm to City Week is a time to recognize and celebrate the importance of relationships between farmers, consumers, community leaders and everyone in between who contributes to our safe, abundant food supply.

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