Just Another Week Building Resilience
After being knocked down at the beginning of the week with a cold and self-medicating with smoothies and supplements, I was able to show up and was excited to share the highLIGHTs of my week ✨ A phone call from a new farm partner through Homegrown Hillsborough resulted in our veterans project, in partnership with […]
From the Capitol to the Community: Connecting the Dots
On Tuesday, I attended Pasco County Government Day in Tallahassee — it was my first time inside our Capitol! Huge shout-out to The Greater Pasco Chamber for an amazing experience from start to finish. Chairing our Food Policy Advisory Council is really pushing me out of my comfort zone. We listened to presentations by Senators, […]
31,000 Stories—and Counting
The Numbers Grew. The Impact Went Deeper. 📊 Impact Results — 2025 30,768 people reached (5× more than 2024)451,704 servings of fresh food (3× more than 2024)172,433 pounds of produce distributed (3× more than 2024) On paper, the growth from 2024 to 2025 is significant.But paper doesn’t tell the whole story. Yes—numbers matter. They help […]
Proof That Influence + Exposure + Access Really Is Magic
Proof That Influence + Exposure + Access Really Is Magic
Celebrating a Systems Thinker Who Builds Community Through Food 🌱💚
Celebrating a Systems Thinker Who Builds Community Through Food 🌱💚 Huge congratulations to our Co-Founder, Nichole Dube, for being honored at Homegrown Hillsborough 1st Annual Conference with the Systems Thinker Award — recognizing leaders who see the whole system, connect the dots others miss, and turn collaboration into community impact. If you’ve ever worked alongside […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Access to Fresh 2025
As we head into Thanksgiving, we’re reminded that resilience doesn’t begin in a boardroom or a policy meeting—it begins in the soil, in the hands of our farmers, and in the quiet, everyday choices of people who believe a stronger community is possible. There’s a quote that we love that feels especially true for this […]
Multi-Hospital Kids Produce Program Nov-Dec 25
Hospital Kids Produce Program
My Power Pack in Action: Growing Dignity, Curiosity, and Community—One Strawberry at a Time
What Nichole Dube and our Access to Fresh team are building through My Power Pack: Powered by Produce. Picked by You. is something truly special. By giving every child the opportunity to shop for their own fruits and vegetables, Nichole has created an experience that transforms access into empowerment—instilling responsibility, dignity, and pride that reach […]
Food is Health. Food is Medicine. Food is Community.
Food is Econ Dev. Food Builds Resilience. It’s been a busy weekend—and a beautiful reminder of why we do what we do at Access to Fresh. Food is more than fuel.Food is health.Food is medicine.Food is opportunity.Food builds community—and that’s our goal every single day. Food as Community Thank you to Josey Crane Burrows and […]
One Region. One Goal. A Stronger Food Future
🚀 Tampa Bay’s First Food Forward Fundraising Campaign is LIVE! 💚 Access to Fresh is honored to support 15th Street Farm, ArtisTREEGardens, and Project Feeding Ground in launching the region’s first Food Forward Fundraising Campaign! This campaign is about fueling a collective capital model that breaks down silos, builds networks, and accelerates change for: 🥕 […]