05/25 Gleaning Tomatoes with SOSA
Society of St. Andrew is back at DiMare Farm for a tomato glean in Myakka City! Community Harvest SRQ is partnering to provide volunteers. As usual, you get to take some home as a thank you for volunteering.
05/18/24 Blueberry Gleaning - All Blueberries U-Pick
Community Harvest SRQ volunteers have another to opportunity to help harvest blueberries to donate so they go to hungry people instead of to waste.
5/17/24 Gleaning at Enza Zaden
Community Harvest SRQ volunteers have the opportunity to harvest and donate excess produce so they go to hungry people instead of go to waste.
5/16/24 Gleaning at Enza Zaden
.Community Harvest SRQ volunteers have the opportunity to provide help to harvest and donate produce from Enza Zaden so it goes to hungry people instead of to waste.
05/15/24 Blueberry Gleaning - All Blueberries U-Pick
Community Harvest SRQ volunteers have to opportunity to help harvest blueberries to donate so they go to hungry people instead of to waste.
05/15/24 Gleaning Tomatoes at Enza Zaden
Community Harvest SRQ volunteers have the opportunity to provide help to harvest and donate produce from Enza Zaden so it goes to hungry people instead of to waste.
04/06/24 - Sweetsong Fruit Tree Paradise Workshop
Join us for a 3-hour fruit tree horticultural workshop at Sweetsong Groves. This is a complete introduction for beginner and intermediate growers. Topics include: How to select a tree, how to plant, how to prune, fertilization, diseases, local fruit tree clubs, and more.
12/19 Gleaning Tomatoes with SOSA
Transition Sarasota is teaming up with the Society of St. Andrews for an emergency tomato glean in Myakka City tomorrow. They have reached out to us for help. The glean is from 8:30-11, or as long as you want to stay. You must sign up through the Society of St. Andrews website.
10/14/23 - Sweetsong Fruit Tree Paradise Workshop
Join us for a 3-hour fruit tree horticultural workshop at Sweetsong Groves. This is a complete introduction for beginner and intermediate growers. Topics include: How to select a tree, how to plant, how to prune, fertilization, diseases, local fruit tree clubs, and more.
5/16 Tomato Gleaning with the Society of St. Andrews
Transition Sarasota is teaming up with the Society of St. Andrews for an emergency tomato glean in Myakka City tomorrow. They have reached out to us for help. The glean is from 8:30-11, or as long as you want to stay. You must sign up through the Society of St. Andrews website.
3/18 SweetSong Fruit Tree Paradise Workshop
Join us for a free 3-hour fruit tree horticultural workshop at SweetSong Groves. This is a complete introduction for beginner and intermediate growers. Topics include: How to select a tree, how to plant, how to prune, fertilization, diseases, local fruit tree clubs, and more.
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
10/23 SweetSong Fruit Tree Paradise Workshop
3-hour fruit tree horticulture workshop for beginner and intermediate growers
6/1 Gleaning Blueberries at Albritton Fruit Farm
We are harvesting blueberries at Albritton Fruit Farm after their U-Pick season. The blueberry bushes are in pots in long rows, so we will pick into buckets and then transfer to boxes. The berries will be donated to All Faiths Food Bank.
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered. Please bring a small bucket to pick into.
5/31 Gleaning Blueberries at Albritton Fruit Farm
We are harvesting blueberries at Albritton Fruit Farm after their U-Pick season. The blueberry bushes are in pots in long rows, so we will pick into buckets and then transfer to boxes. The berries will be donated to All Faiths Food Bank.
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/20 Gleaning at Enza Zaden - Friday Wrap Up
This is the final day of our week-long glean at Enza Zaden. This is our last day to save anything in the field. Don’t leave a watermelon behind!
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/19 Gleaning at Enza Zaden - Shift 2
You can be out here having fun! Come out and join us as we are harvesting as much as we can to feed those in need. We are gleaning delicious watermelon and maybe some peppers and tomatoes, too. It’s rewarding and benefits our community.
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/19 Gleaning at Enza Zaden - Shift 1
You can be out here having fun! Come out and join us as we are harvesting as much as we can to feed those in need. We are gleaning delicious watermelon and maybe some peppers and tomatoes, too. It’s rewarding and benefits our community.
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/18 Gleaning at Enza Zaden - Wednesday Gleaning
Join us for gleaning Wednesday! Come out and glean (harvest) tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon. This is an all week gleaning event. This is a longer shift, but please come out and stay as long as you can to help us save all these fruits and veggies!
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/17 Gleaning at Enza Zaden - Shift 2
It’s Tuesday and we are still going strong! Come out and join us to glean (harvest) tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon. This is an all week glean (Monday through Friday) with two shifts most days.
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/17 Gleaning at Enza Zaden - Shift 1
It’s Tuesday and we are still going strong! Come out and join us to glean (harvest) tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon. This is an all week glean (Monday through Friday) with two shifts most days.
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/16 Gleaning at Enza Zaden - Shift 2
It’s time to get back to the farm! There is a lot and this will be an all week glean (Monday through Friday) with two shifts available on some days. Tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon await!
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/16 Gleaning at Enza Zaden - Shift 1
It’s time to get back to the farm! There is a lot and this will be an all week glean (Monday through Friday) with two shifts available on some days. Tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon await!
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
5/07 Soil! Hands-on Learning Activity for Remake Learning Days
Become a soil scientist and explore the properties of the weird, wild world beneath your feet! This event, in partnership with Transition Sarasota and Sunshine Community Compost, will be a fun, family activity where you'll learn all about soil, compost, and food production through hands-on learning! A part of Suncoast Remake Learning Days.
Plus! Come see us and then check out two nearby Remake Learning Days activities at Wilkinson Elementary and the Suncoast Science Center/ Faulhaber Fab Lab.
Ages: 3rd through 12th grade
Activity Time: 30-40 minutes
Parking: Available in all of the adjacent lots & spots.
April 26-April 27 Noon to Noon - The Giving Challenge!
BE THE ONE to support Transition Sarasota as in 2022!
The 2022 Giving Challenge is presented by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County with giving strengthened by The Patterson Foundation.
The Giving Challenge is an exciting 24-hour giving event taking place from Noon to Noon on April 26th and 27th that connects nearly 700+ nonprofit organizations with donors and community members to build relationships, support diverse causes, and create enduring impact in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties. All donations made during the Giving Challenge are unrestricted gifts to the nonprofit organization of your choice.
To strengthen giving during the 2022 Giving Challenge, The Patterson Foundation will provide a 1:1 match for all unique donations, up to $100 per donor, per organization. All donations made during the Giving Challenge are unrestricted gifts to the nonprofit organization(s) of your choice. Expand your impact through meaningful relationships and partnerships, all the while strengthening your potential reach, through the 2022 Giving Challenge.
And there's more!
We're excited to share that Transition Sarasota's Board has agreed to MATCH donations over $100, up to a total of $3,000. This means when you give between 12pm April 26 and 12pm April 27, your gift for amounts over $100 can be matched, too!
3/26 SweetSong Fruit Tree Paradise Workshop
Join us for a free 3-hour fruit tree horticultural workshop at SweetSong Groves. This is a complete introduction for beginner and intermediate growers. Topics include: How to select a tree, how to plant, how to prune, fertilization, diseases, local fruit tree clubs, and more.
Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
3/19 Another SweetSong Fruit Tree Tour
The first tour filled up so quickly we decided to do another!
Join us for a free 1-hour walking tour through several fruit tree groves at SweetSong Groves. This is a working farm, not kid-proofed, so not recommended for children. Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
3/13 SweetSong Fruit Tree Paradise Tour
Join us for a free 1-hour walking tour through several fruit tree groves at SweetSong Groves. This is a working farm, not kid-proofed, so not recommended for children. Please carefully read the confirmation email for details after you have registered.
3/01 Gleaning at Brown’s Grove
This is day 2 of our gleaning at brown’s Grove! Come out and help us get these oranges to the food bank. Please carefully read the confirmation email for details are you have registered.
2/28 Gleaning at Brown’s Grove-2nd Shift
This will be our first time gleaning at brown’s Grove! Come out and help us get these oranges to the food bank. Please carefully read the confirmation email for details are you have registered.
2/28 Gleaning at Brown’s Grove-1st Shift
This will be our first time gleaning at brown’s Grove! Come out and help us get these oranges to the food bank. Please carefully read the confirmation email for details are you have registered.