Organic food? Good Places to shop? (Miami, Orlando: home, lease, health)

[oceandreams94]

Does anyone know where there are good places to shop for organic food in north Florida? There doesnt seem to be a Whole Foods place up here.
Publix has a decent selection, but I am wondering if there are any small organic farms or anything like that where you can buy things also?

[riveree]

Originally Posted by oceandreams94

Does anyone know where there are good places to shop for organic food in north Florida? There doesnt seem to be a Whole Foods place up here.
Publix has a decent selection, but I am wondering if there are any small organic farms or anything like that where you can buy things also?

Whole Foods is coming to Jax (they're going to start in Mandarin, on San Jose Blvd - Southside of the city).

We also have a locally owned health food store that's really good - Native Sun. They have 2 locations, both are good, but the new one is the better of the two (it's on Baymeadows Road just off of 9A - also Southside of the city). This probably the closest thing to Whole Foods until later this year when they open here:

http://www.nativesunjax.com/

Then we have the Farmer's Markets - the big one is the one on Beaver Street (NorthWest part of city):
http://www.jaxfarmersmarket.com/

The other market is only open on Fridays, it's off Hemming Plaza downtown:

http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/...65&fromadmin=1

Lots of other little places where you can get produce outside of the stores (The Beach Blvd Flea Mkt for one).

Hope that helps .

[ssg II]

Don't know what you mean by "Organic," since that's such a sham /misnomner anyway. There's Love Foods on Williamson off SR 40 (Granada) in Ormond Beach for serious vegans.
There's a great little farmer's stand in Hastings. Farmer's market in Flagler Beach on Fridays, maybe Saturdays, too. Also roadside stands along 11. You're in potato & cabbage country. The logo for Flagler County is a potato .
I go to Harris' for tomatoes, bread & chicken.

[sunrico90]

Here is a list for the state:

Florida
• Economy Health Food - Economy Health . (Altamonte Springs)
• Good Food Conspiracy - Health Food Store. (Big Pine Key)
• Freshly Organic - Freshly prepared organic food/ restaurant store.. (Boca Raton)
For Goodness Sake - - For Goodness Sake is dedicated to providing our customers only the finest natural products available (Bonita Springs)
• Good Earth Natural Foods - Natural Food Store . (Bradenton)
• Good Earth Natural Foods - Natural Food Store. (Bradenton)
• Go To Health - Organic foods, 20 - 50 % discount on vitamins and herbs 10 % discount on groceries every day. . (Brooksville)
• Sunseed Food Co-op, Inc. - Please request that they provide information to GreenPeople. (Cape Canaveral)
• Mother Earth Natural Foods - Natural Food Store . (Cape Coral)
• Green Garden Organics - Nutrition by Nature. (Coconut Grove)
• Linda Lou's Health Foods - Linda Lou's Health Foods - organic produce, vitamins, herbs, supplements and organic foods. (Deland)
• Discount Herbs and Natural Foods - variety of herbal supplements, vitamins and minerals, homeopathics ..... (Dover)
• Souther's Natural Food Co-op - Full line health food store. (Dover)
• Mother Earth Natural Foods - We Carry Organic Foods, Produce & Wines. Vitamins, Herbs, Homeopathics and SMILES. (Fort Myers)
• Nutrition World Inc. - The People You Have Come To Know & Trust Since 1972. (Fort Pierce)
• Ada's Natural Foods Market - Ada's Natural Foods....Best Stocked Health Food store in S.W. Florida. (Ft. Myers)
• Mother Earth - Mother Earth in Gainesville and Ocala, Natural Retail Group. (Gainesville)
• Organic Food Center - Health Food Store. (Indialantic)
• Power Gym Plus - . (Indialantic)
• Natural Scents - . (Indian Rocks Beach)
• The Organic Place - Health Food Store . (Kissimmee)
• Nutrition World - . (Lake Worth)
• Whole Foods of Panama City - Whole Foods of Panama City. (Lynn Haven)
• Delicious Organics - Fresh Organic Produce - great selection, low prices in South Florida. (MIami)
• The Honey Tree - Natural Food Marketplace features Daily Vegetarian Menu. (Miami)
• 5th Avenue Cafe & Market - Organic restaurant, produce & market items. (Mount Dora)
• For Goodness Sake #2 - One Stop Natural Shop. (Naples)
• Herb's n' More - Herb Shop . (Orlando)
• Superior Health Foods - . (Orlando)
• West Orlando Healthy Families - Organic Food, including dairy and produce. (Orlando)
• OrganicCoop.com - Organic Co-op Management Services. (Oviedo)
• Ever'man Natural Foods Co-op - the largest co-op between New Orleans and Tallahassee Bulk Foods. (Pensacola)
• Donnas Organics - Florida Organic Co-Op. (Port St. Lucie)
• Nutrition World - . (Royal Palm Beach)
• For The Health Of It - For The Health Of It. (Santa Rosa Beach)
• Green Door Organics - Sarasota’s premier organic produce buying club.. (Sarasota)
• Yellow Submarine Organic Produce Co-op - Wholesale Organic Produce--Enjoy Abundant Fruits and Veggies each Week. (Sarasota)
• Virtual Vitamins - . (St Augustine)
• Healthy Vibes - Every thing you ever wanted in YOUR health food store. (Tallahassee)
• New Leaf Market - providing high quality products and nutritious food. (Tallahassee)
• Healthy Choices of Florida - Healthy Choices Cafe & Marketplace. (Vero Beach)
• J & G Premium Organics - Fresh certified organic produce and dairy. (Vero Beach)
• Heart of Florida Organics Co-Op - Natural and Organic Foods Co-Op (Sebring, Avon Park, Wauchula, Lake Placid area). (Wauchula)
• Nutrition World - . (West Palm Beach)
• Little River Co-op - Food Buying Club for natural and organic foods and products. (Wimauma)
• Organic Fresh Market - An organic produce & grocery buying club located in the S.W. Orlando, FL area.. (Winter Garden)

[riveree]

Thanks for the list Sunrico .

Native Sun wasn't listed, but it's the kind of place you can go to and they'll consistently have even obscure organic produce like Burdock Root (love it !).

[lw6]

i 'm sorry i can't anwer u.just want to tell u it's good to read abut organic interest. i once went to a nice health store on San Jose in Mandarin.

[riveree]

Originally Posted by lw6

i once went to a nice health store on San Jose in Mandarin.

That was probably Native Sun (the original location) .

Next time you visit, try the new location on Baymeadows & 9A - it's even better, and much bigger, than the San Jose location .

[MrTudo]

Not trying to say anything bad about organic foods as I am seriously into healthy foods, but how do you know the foods in publix are organic? Because they say so?

As a case in point of what's going on in the food and drink world, Pepsi is disclosing this week on the labels of their water that the source is TAP.

Coca cola will be doing the same.

[riveree]

Originally Posted by MrTudo

Not trying to say anything bad about organic foods as I am seriously into healthy foods, but how do you know the foods in publix are organic? Because they say so?

As a case in point of what's going on in the food and drink world, Pepsi is disclosing this week on the labels of their water that the source is TAP.

Coca cola will be doing the same.

But we all knew soda companies used tap water, didn't we ? Even flavored seltzer water is just tap water with bubbles .

Agreed, there are somewhat differing definitions of "organic", but one thing they all share in common is that they do not use chemical pesticides - and that is a big difference from "regular" produce .

[compelled to reply]

The way to tell if a product is organic is to check if it is USDA Certified.