Worden Farm, LLC is a 125-acre family farm in Florida, USA, founded by Chris Worden, Ph.D. and Eva Worden, Ph.D., husband and wife, growing certified-organic specialty crops with sustainable, regenerative agricultural practices since 2003.
Worden Farm Consulting offers strategic guidance to grow successful agricultural projects in all enterprise stages. The Wordens have promoted organic agriculture through experimental research, academic publications, videos, television shows, workshops, farm tours, university courses, conferences, consulting, and a farm apprenticeship program.
Worden Farm has been featured widely in the media, including NBC, FOX, PBS, Daytime, America’s Heartland, USA Today, Southern Living, Bon Appetit, American Farmer, Vegetable Growers News, The New Pioneer, Florida Grower, and Florida Trend. The Wordens are recipients of the Florida Innovative Farmer Award, and have been recognized as Organic Farmer Experts by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Worden Farm's community involvement has included donating fresh produce to food assistance programs, supporting school and community gardens with technical expertise and material donations, fundraising events for community organizations, providing a venue for painters and performing artists, donations to charity events and auctions, speaking and teaching at educational institutions and for educational media, participating in events and educational campaigns, and serving as board directors and active members of community organizations.
“. . .it’s not just the leafy greens and luscious vine-ripe tomatoes that make Worden Farm appetizing. There is something else – something more visceral, more elemental. It’s the endeavor at Worden Farm to reconnect people with the life-giving fundamentals that much of society has come completely disconnected from: food, community and conscientious work to sustain a healthy environment.” ~ Rosie Emery, WGCU Media
Worden Farm has worked with a variety of organizations, including:
4-H | All Clams on Deck | All Faiths Food Bank | American Cancer Society | Babcock Neighborhood School | Bayfront Health Port Charlotte | Bayfront Health Punta Gorda | Blackburn Elementary | Boy Scouts | Boys and Girls Clubs | Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce | Charlotte County Cooperative Extension | Charlotte County Homeless Coalition | Charlotte County Public Schools | Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center | Charlotte Harbor Visitor and Convention Bureau | Charlotte Preparatory School | Charlotte Technical College, Culinary Arts Program | Children's Network of Southwest Florida | Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast | Crossroads Wilderness Institute | Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge | Drug Free Charlotte County | Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization | Englewood Chamber of Commerce | Englewood Community Hospital | Fawcett Memorial Hospital | Feeding Florida | Feeding Tampa Bay | Florida Gulf Coast University | Florida House Learning Center | Florida International University | Florida Organic Growers and Consumers | Food Bank of Manatee | FoodCorps | Friends of Boca Grande Community Center | Future Farmers of America (FFA) | Garden of Eatin' Community Garden and Food Pantry | Girl Scouts | Good Samaritans | Good Shepherd School | Gulfport Food Forest | Horn of Plenty | Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital | Junior Leadership | Charlotte | Kids Thrive | Leadership Charlotte | Lemon Bay Conservancy | Manatee Food | Bank | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Meals on Wheels | Natural Resource Conservation Service | National Organic Program | New College of Florida | Orange Blossom Community Garden | Organic Farming Research Foundation | Peace River Audubon Society | Peace River Botanical and Sculpture Garden | Peace River Painters | Punta Gorda Library | Saint Petersburg Free Clinic | Salvation Army | Sarasota Farmers Market Vendors | Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy | Sanibel Recreation Department | Sarasota County Cooperative Extension | Sarasota Garden Club | Sierra Club | Slow Food Southwest Florida | Society of St. Vincent De Paul | SOS Foundation | South County Park Community Garden | Southwest Florida Small Farm Network | Southwest Florida Soil and Water Conservation District | Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program | Tampa Bay Rays Baseball | TEAM Punta Gorda | The Fruitful Field | The Salvation Army | The Yoga Sanctuary | University of Florida IFAS | University of South Florida | Unitarian Universalist Church | United States Department of Agriculture | United Way | Urban Oasis Project | Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Community Clinic | Visual Arts Center | Wild Farm Alliance | WEDU Public Television | WGCU Public Radio and Television | WSLR Community Radio | YMCA
