Looking for something green-related to do this weekend? Look no further than our own Green Community Calendar.
Dunedin Green Market- Every Friday (through April); 8 am- 1 pm. Featuring fresh, local produced goods such as baked good, ready-to-eat-foods, organic plants and herbs, coffee, honey, seafood, clothing, and so much more. The Dunedin Green Market is located in Pioneer Park at the cross streets of Douglas Avenue and Main Street in Downtown Dunedin and runs every Friday.
Tampa Downtown Market- Fridays (through May); 10 am-2 pm. The vision of the Tampa Downtown Market is to provide local residents and businesses of the community with the freshest, highest quality, most nutritious, and most reasonably priced food & gourmet products. Located in Lykes Gaslight Square- Tampa St. & Kennedy Blvd., Downtown Tampa.
Farmworker Freedom March- Friday-Sunday, April 16-18. This April 16-18, join farmworkers, their families, and their allies as we take the movement for farmworker justice to the streets and call on Publix — one of the largest private corporations in the country, with 2009 sales of $25 billion — to end the human rights crisis in Florida’s fields! Workers and their allies will march over 20 miles from downtown Tampa to Publix headquarters in Lakeland. The march will culminate in a rally and concert in Munn Park in downtown Lakeland on Sunday, April 18. Please visit the Farmworker Freedom March site for more information: http://www.ciw-online.org/freedom_march/index.html
Keep Hillsborough Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup- Saturday, April 17; 8:30 am-12 pm. Check out www.khcbonline.org for cleanup locations. Individual and group volunteers are asked to pre-register for a location. Volunteers should bring work gloves, closed-toed shoes and water. Trash bags are provided. T-shirts and other giveaways are available while supplies last. For more information on how to get involved with the Great American Cleanup or the O.B. Challenge, call (813) 960-5121.
Recycle Regatta- Saturday, April 17; 8:30 am-1:30pm. Build and race a recycled boat or just watch the fun! For more info and entry forms, visit: www.keeppinellasbeautiful.org. Enter by March 26! Spa Beach, St. Pete Beach.
St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market- Every Saturday; 9 am to 2 pm (through May). Featuring locally grown fresh produce, prepared foods, tempting baked goods, plants, flowers, herbs, handcrafted gifts, live music, and more! Downtown St. Petersburg in the Al Lang Stadium parking lot / 1st Ave. S and 1st St. Open October 3 through May 29.
This article appears in Apr 21-27, 2010.
