One of the great gifts of living in Sarasota is that something is always in season. Florida’s subtropical climate means we can grow food year-round — but what grows well changes dramatically with the seasons. Understanding that rhythm is the first step toward eating locally, cooking with intention, and getting the most from your garden…
Composting is the foundation of everything we do at Moore Bliss Farm. It’s not a side project or an afterthought — it’s the engine that makes the entire farm work. Without compost, the sandy Sarasota soil we started with couldn’t grow much of anything. With it, we’re producing some of the richest earth in the…
Every Monday evening, something quietly remarkable happens on Bliss Road. Neighbors, students, families, and curious newcomers arrive at Moore Bliss Farm carrying containers of food scraps — banana peels, coffee grounds, vegetable trimmings, fruit rinds. What they leave with is something harder to carry in a bucket: a sense of connection to the land and…
In 2022, Elizabeth Moore purchased three acres of suburban land on Bliss Road in Sarasota — land that had been swallowed by sprawl decades earlier, left sandy and depleted. Her vision was clear: transform it into a working demonstration of what sustainable urban agriculture could look like in Florida. Today, Moore Bliss Farm is exactly…