The Salvation Army Sarasota County was one of the recipients of our recovered farmers market veggies, with over 3,115 pounds of produce donated to this great organization. See what their chefs did with all that fresh food!

This growing season, Transition Sarasota started a new pilot program for collecting produce left over from farmers markets to give to local organizations to feed those in need.

Why do we rescue food? Why do we go to a farm to harvest unwanted produce to donate to food banks, or do farmers market rescues, or harvest excess fruit from backyard trees to donate to food pantries?

Transition Sarasota now has a partnership with Worden Farm to glean excess produce at the Sarasota Farmers Market. Worden Farm donates things like lettuce and greens that won’t survive the trip back to Punta Gorda, as well as excess produce, to help feed people in our community who are food insecure.

Transition Sarasota makes a huge impact in our community by gleaning excess or unwanted produce from farms, backyard trees, and farmers markets to donate to food banks and food pantries to help those in need.

First, my heartfelt thanks to all who contributed their fruit picked before Hurricane Ian. We partnered with a food pantry that All Faith's was working with for emergency water and food distribution and we donated 385 pounds of avocados and 12 pounds of bananas for those in need.