The Tampa Bay Times, in partnership with the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, will host a free community conversation on Tampa Bay’s food system. Join us Thursday, May 28, for the Spotlight Tampa Bay event “Farm to Table: How Food Shapes a Thriving Community.”
Doors open at 5 p.m. at the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s Center for Health Equity (2333 34th St. S., St. Petersburg), and it’s worth stopping by then to explore the collection of resource booths before the panel. There will be information and even food samples offered from places like The Sustainable Living Project, 360 Eats, the Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coalition, Healthy St. Pete, 15th Street Farm, Beech Kombucha and more.
At 6 p.m., the panel will begin. I am hosting it, overseeing a conversation between four local experts and community leaders about how food shapes our region: Rev. Howard Gunn Jr., co-founder of the Florida Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association; Emmanuel Roux, founder of 15th Street Farm; Jennifer Yeagley, CEO of the St. Pete Free Clinic; and Monica Petrella, food system program coordinator at Homegrown Hillsborough.
How does the food we love get to our table? And what roles do we all play in making healthy food accessible to everyone in our community? Stop by to learn how you can make an impact in our local food system.
Click here for more information about the free event. We hope to see you there.
