Category: Food Education

The Impact Is Visible. The Opportunity Is Bigger

Sometimes the clearest evidence of impact is a smile and a bag of fresh food. Behind that moment is something much larger: a community-based program responding to growing demand, building trusted relationships, supporting local farmers, and showing what becomes possible when fresh food consistently reaches the people who need it. Four weeks into our Summer […]

Yes, We Are Making a Difference

💚Sometimes a child, a book, and a bag of produce tell the whole story. Students served. Servings of fresh fruits and vegetables distributed. Produce bags packed. Nutrition lessons delivered. Families reached. The impact shows up in the numbers. But we know it is so much more than that. Last night, as our co-founder Nichole Dube […]

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, […]

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 […]

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: 🥕 […]

The Bounty Bus Rolls into Lacoochee October 15

🌱 My Power Pack: Powered by Produce. Picked by You. 🌱 Access to Fresh is on the move — and so is a brand-new opportunity for kids, families, and neighbors to learn, shop, and grow together. Starting Wednesday, October 15, 2025, the Bounty Bus will kick off its new program at the Boys & Girls […]