What a Farm Looks Like

By Gretchen Schmidt | Last Updated February 05, 2019
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Fields, containers, warehouses, backyards, abandoned lots – all of the places in this story have one thing in common: they grow food in South Florida. And each has a different mission.

Empower Farms: A Place for People of All Abilities

Fruit forest at Empower Farms
Fields, containers, warehouses, backyards, abandoned lots – all of the places in this story have one thing in common: they grow food in South Florida. Their missions, however, may be very different.

Cerasee Farm: 
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Borders are made of logs, rocks and other objects on the farm
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Rows of onions and greens at Verde in Homestead
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Sprouts grow in huge bins that rotate
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Let Tech Tend the Crops

Hammock Greens container farms
Now the second largest owner of freight farm containers in the country, Hammock Greens has six containers all growing food throughout South...

Box Greens: Inside Jobs

No soil, water with nutrients, and LED lights means high yields in little space
Hydroponic farming – soil-less, water-based indoor gardening that uses LED lighting and an irrigation system that delivers nutrients...

Green Thumbs for Healthy Bodies: Food Yards

Danielle Ramos tends a front-yard edible garden in Hollywood
In a residential neighborhood a few blocks from Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood, a group of volunteers show up at a house where...

The Fruitful Field: Feeding and Teaching a Neighborhood

The farm is next to Parkway United Methodist Church in Pompano Beach
Behind a wall that keeps down the sounds of I-95 to a tolerable level is a seven-acre tract of land next to the Parkway United Methodist...

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Raised beds at Grow2Heal provide hands-on learning
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