Feature Friday: Getting the Farm to My Table #TropFloridaOJ

You've heard of Tropicana, right? I mean... who hasn't. They're known for their delicious Tropicana Pure Premium 100% Pure Florida Orange Juice and the way they make us feel like our juice came straight from the grove. As a Southern California native, I never really thought about where my food came from. It was hard to connect my city life with the farm and therefore, connect that my food was grown here in the U.S. and didn't magically appear on the grocery shelves.

As a Mami, it has become important that our children connect where their food comes from, how it's created and how it gets to our table. One big way that helps this is our visits to Farmers Markets. It's the easiest (and most delicious) way of doing this. We get to meet the growers, sample and purchase their goodies and I love the locals getting together and supporting our community.

Another way we work on getting the farm to our table is through co-ops that are set up in different parts of the county. The way it works is families all pitch in a certain monetary amount and then once a month, a big box of fruits and veggies are available for pick-up at a central location. These goodies are organic and locally grown.

As a family, we make a point of eating in season, buying locally and really connecting our farms to our table. This summer, we'll be visiting this a local farm and enjoying their tours and fruit-picking experience. We'll also continue to buy Tropicana Pure Premium 100% Pure Florida Orange Juice because really, it's the easiest and most convenient way of bringing the farm to our table. They do all the hard work by purchasing approximately 11.6 billion oranges from groves in 22 different Florida counties. What do we have to do? Take a short walk to our grocery store and buy it! It doesn't get any easier than that.

Get in on the Tropicana bandwagon (if you're not on already) and enter the Tropicana Perfect Pick! Sweepstakes:
Enter the Tropicana sweepstakes for a chance to be one of the ninety-nine winners will get a one-year supply of orange juice in the form of twelve coupons for (12) 59 oz Tropicana Pure Premium® containers. One winner will get a trip to a Florida orange grove and invite three (3) guests for:  Round-trip airfare for four (4) to Florida, three (3) night stay at a Florida hotel.The winner will have an exclusive experience at experience at a Florida orange grove.

Want to know more about Tropicana? Hop on over to their Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/Tropicana, and "like" them!




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