Writer/Producer: Rosie Emery Food that is grown both organically and locally is becoming more and more available to Southwest Floridians. In addition to food, membership in a Community Based Agriculture Farm such as Worden Farm can provide other perks such as food workshops and a friendly community.  A trip to your local Farmers Market is a fun outing complete with colorful characters, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables as well as other locally produced items.  

Resources:

Naples Farmers Market:
http://naplesfarmersmarket.com/ Punta Gorda Farmers Market
http://www.wordenfarm.com

The Fort Myers Beach Market
Contact: Anita Cereceda
(239) 463-4293
E-mail: timessquarefmb@aol.com

Farms:

Somerset Organic Farms LaBelle
Carl Ream – V.P. Sales 239 253 6055
www.somersetorganicfarms.com

Worden Farm
Chris and Eva Worden (941) 637 4874
office@wordenfarm.com
Jenny and David Burd(239) 263 0424FriendlyBurds@aol.com

To learn how to reduce your families carbon footprint:
David Suzuki Foundation
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/What_You_Can_Do/carbon_neutral.asp?source=WhatYouCanDo 

Forum Topics

• In 2007, the New Oxford American dictionary’s word of the year was “locavore”  - a locavore is someone who eats food grown within a 100 mile radius of where they live, thereby reducing their carbon footprint and supporting the local economy.  Will the rise in gas prices encourage us to become locavores?
• What can you to reduce your carbon footprint? Do you know how you can offsetyour personal C02 contribution – gasoline, plane travel, air conditioning?
• Does the word “organic” confuse you, or have you been buying organic food for some time
• Do you think organic food is better for you or that it doesn’t make any difference?