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Geraldson Community Farm in the NEWS!!!

·        Herald Tribune article

·        Fox13 news clip

About the Farm
Geraldson Community Farm is about connecting you with locally-grown food. As an educational working farm, we aim to provide you with the freshest produce and also offer multiple avenues to connect with the growing process.

During the growing season (November to May), you can become a member have access to freshly picked veggies each week! The farm is located at 1401 NW 99th Street in Bradenton. Click here for a map.

How You Can Get Fresh Produce
The farm is structured as a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. That means our organic produce is available just to our members. Our members support us financially at the beginning of the season and in return we provide them a selection of ripe vegetables every week. This first year, we will be farming just three of the available 20 acres. Each year we plan to add more types of vegetables and eventually some fruit.

Becoming A Member
Please visit our farm's website at www.geraldsoncommunityfarm.org for more information on this!

Other farm activities
As this will be our first year, the activities on the farm will be limited. We will have volunteer opportunities that will allow you to get involved in growing the vegetables at the farm. In coming years we will have space for community gardens, events, and a visitors center to host classes. We will also be able to host school groups for field trips.

History of the farm
Geraldson Community Farm was bought by Manatee County in 2005 from the Geraldson family, one of the original farming families in the area.  Dr. Geraldson (photo above left) was a pioneer in Florida agriculture and worked with Blake Whisenant on the development of the EarthBox. The family lives next door to the property and wanted to make sure it would be preserved for agricultural use.

During 2005-2006, the Florida West Coast RC&D lead a partnership in the development of a plan to ensure its preservation and in September of 2006 presented Manatee County with the idea of a community farm. The Board of County Commissioners approved the plan and in January of 2007 signed a contract with the RC&D to begin development of Geraldson Community Farm.

We are excited about this year’s inaugural harvest and hope you can join us!

More information
For more information please email Sarah. You can also email her to sign up for our monthly newsletter or sign up to the RC&D newsletter (Click Home above, then fill in your name on the right - when prompted, make sure to select the "Geraldson Community Farm" interest category).

More Resources:
April Geraldson Community Farm Newsletter (pdf)
Geraldson Community Farm One-Page Summary (pdf)
The presentation at Commissioners meeting, Sept. 2006 (pdf)
Keeping Agriculture in the Community presentation (pdf)
"A Local Food Story" (pdf)

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