Farm to City Thanksgiving Meals to Reach 1,000 Santa Rosa and Escambia Families
UF/IFAS, Feeding the Gulf Coast and the Santa Rosa County Farm Bureau plan a Thanksgiving meal distribution on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2026.
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The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC) will help provide Thanksgiving meals to 1,000 families across Santa Rosa and Escambia counties in Florida, according to a Nov. 3, 2026 listing in the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce press room. The effort is part of the annual Farm to City Food Distribution and is run with Feeding the Gulf Coast and the Santa Rosa County Farm Bureau.
When is the Farm to City Food Distribution in Santa Rosa County?
The event is set for Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2026, according to the chamber’s listing. The text available for this note does not give a start time or a location.
How many families will get holiday meal boxes?
The listing says holiday meal boxes will go to 500 families, but the text cuts off before naming where they will be distributed. The available text also does not explain how the other 500 families in the 1,000-family total will be served.
How do families get a Thanksgiving meal box?
The listing does not say how families register, what qualifies them for a box, or where to pick one up.
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Questions and answers
- When is the Farm to City Food Distribution in Santa Rosa County?
- The event is set for Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2026, according to a Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce listing dated Nov. 3, 2026. The available text does not give a time or location.
- How many families will receive Thanksgiving meals through Farm to City?
- UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, with Feeding the Gulf Coast and the Santa Rosa County Farm Bureau, will help provide Thanksgiving meals to 1,000 families across Santa Rosa and Escambia counties, according to the chamber's listing.