2026 Annual Homegrown Hillsborough Conference

We are excited to announce Homegrown Hillsborough's second annual food system conference! The conference kicks off with a full-day field trip on Tuesday, November 17th. We'll travel by bus to Hawthorne to tour Frog Song Organics and experience a catered farm-to-table lunch. Then we will tour UF Field & Fork to learn about how they incorporated food production on campus. Our full-day food system summit will be held at The Portico on Wednesday, November 18th. Join us for engaging lectures and a keynote address from Commissioner Anna Prizzia, from Alachua County, who has championed sustainability and local food system efforts in Florida. The conference will also feature catered breakfast and lunch. The final day of our conference will start with a potluck-style brunch and an awards ceremony at Hillsborough College Brandon Campus. Bring a creative dish for the chance to win the Homegrown Hillsborough Chef of the Year Award! After our ceremony, we'll head out to the Food Forest for a series of hands-on practicums, designed to help equip urban food producers and community gardens with new tools and skills to generate revenue.