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Growers say organic food worth extra effort, cost
The Tampa Tribune, March 8, 2015 by LAUREN RICHEY
Essentially, consumers want to buy their produce at the same place they buy their toilet paper, toothpaste, etc. Urban residents are “defaulting to shop at the stores closest to home” rather than venturing outside of their immediate area. The study shows that convenience eventually trumps all other factors when buying food, from price to quality.
This is exactly what Tampa Bay Organics is trying to combat. The delivery service outsources certified organic produce from around Florida, packages it and sends it to your doorstep. It offers customizable boxes in three sizes, and will deliver those boxes directly to their customers.
“The one thing about us is that we make it so easy and convenient, and make it all about you,” Stamps said. “We make it very easy for you to just click and it comes right to your front door.
Get your organic produce at the New Port Richey Library
Tampa Bay Times by Megan Hussey
May 30, 2012
"The New Port Richey Library's offerings already go way beyond books, with free concerts, digital music, exercise equipment and line-dancing classes.
So why not fresh produce?
Thanks to a new arrangement with Tampa Bay Organics, an organic produce delivery service, library patrons getting fresh reads can also pick up fresh fruits and vegetables.
This month the library became an official co-op partner of Lutz-based Tampa Bay Organics. Patrons can go online to order boxes of fresh produce, which are delivered to the library each Tuesday - a day the staff now calls Tasty Tuesday.
"We want to do something to sustain the community and improve the health of residents," said Ann Scott, the library's outreach director.
It was Scott's interest in organic gardening that inspired the program.
"I've always been interested in organically grown foods, for my own health, the health of my family, and of the planet holistically," she said.
Organically grown fruits and vegetables are produced without genetically modified organisms, pesticides, preservatives and other chemicals. "These fruits and vegetables haven't been tampered with," Scott said.
When representatives of Tampa Bay Organics appeared at a library Earth Day event, Scott asked them about offering a weekly produce delivery, with 10 percent of all proceeds going to the New Port Richey Friends of the Library organization, which in turn supports library programs."
Read the full story here: Get your organic produce at the New Port Richey Library by Megan Hussey of the Tampa Bay Times
Pick up Organic Produce at the Library
Newport Richy Patch by E.J. Fox
May 21, 2012
"Picking up fruits and vegetables can be as simple as taking a trip to the New Port Richey Public Library, if you want it to be.
The library is teaming up with Tampa Bay Organics, a Lutz-based business, for a delivery co-op effort that drops boxes of organically grown produce off at the library, (5939 Main Street, New Port Richey) every week.
Customers can order their produce online at the Tampa Bay Organics website and pick and choose what fruits and vegetables they wish to receive in a box. Then they can go to the library and pick up their box at the library circulation desk every week.
Ten percent of money from purchases goes to Friends of the New Port Richey Public Library, which is the nonprofit that raises money for the city library..."
Read the full story here: Pick up Organic Produce at the Library by Alex Tiegen
