Florida Farm Connect – For Distributors
Help Connect Florida Farms and Schools
Distributors play an important role in getting Florida-grown foods from farms to cafeterias. While schools and farmers often share a desire to work together, challenges like aggregation, processing, storage, packaging, and distribution can make those partnerships difficult to establish and maintain.
That’s where you come in.
Florida Farm Connect’s Distributor Directory helps schools, farmers, food hubs, processors, aggregators, and distributors find one another and build stronger Farm to School supply chains across the state. By joining the directory, you can increase your visibility among organizations seeking supply chain partners, showcase the services your organization provides, and create new opportunities to connect with schools, farmers, and fellow industry partners.
Is Your Business or Organization a Good Fit?
The Florida Farm Connect Distributor Directory highlights businesses and organizations that help move Florida-grown foods through the Farm to School supply chain.
Whether you aggregate products, process and package produce, provide storage, coordinate transportation, or distribute food to schools, your services help connect farms with the students they’re working to feed.
The directory is a fit for:
- Food distributors
- Food hubs and aggregators
- Processing and packaging facilities (including trimming, cutting, and freezing)
- Refrigerated storage and warehousing providers
Why Join the Distributor Directory?
By participating, you’ll become part of a statewide network working to expand opportunities for local purchasing, strengthen relationships across the supply chain, and support a more connected food system.
Whether your organization helps move products across the state, connect growers with new market opportunities, or support schools in sourcing local foods, your participation helps create more pathways for Florida-grown foods to reach local students.
Benefits of joining:
- Showcase your services, expertise, and geographic service area.
- Build relationships with schools, farmers, food hubs, and other industry partners.
- Increase awareness of your organization within Florida’s Farm to School community.
- Demonstrate your role in supporting local food systems across Florida.
- Help increase access to Florida-grown foods in school meals.