06/11/2026
Shop local and small💚
🌱🚜 WELCOME TO THIS WEEK’S FARM HOP 🚜🌱
One of my favorite parts of the Farm Hop isn’t just finding new stops—it’s meeting the people behind them.
Every week we discover families baking from scratch, tending bees, growing food, preserving old skills, opening farm stands, and building businesses rooted in community rather than convenience. They’re proof that the old ways are still alive, still growing, and still worth supporting.
This week we’re excited to welcome several new additions to the Farm Hop family, including one long-awaited announcement. 💚
🌻 Please take a moment to visit their pages, give them a follow, share their posts, and if you’re able, become a customer. Every purchase helps keep small farms, homesteads, cottage businesses, and local food systems thriving.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🥖 The Levain Life - Sourdough Bakery – Bushnell, FL
Homemade sourdough breads and baked goods made fresh to order using organic, unbleached flour.
🥖 Sourdough loaves, jalapeño cheddar loaves, muffins, scones, cookies and more
🌾 Organic fresh-milled flour available by the pound
🥞 Organic pancake mixes and cream of wheat
🎓 Sourdough classes and workshops
📦 Bi-weekly pickup near the Bushnell Courthouse
Order online: www.hotplate.com/TheLevainLife
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🍯 Nana’s Farmstand – 3775 W C 48, Bushnell, FL
A self-serve farmstand packed with homemade goodies, sourdough favorites, fresh eggs, honey, natural products, and handcrafted items.
🥖 Multiple sourdough varieties
🧁 Muffins, cookies, banana bread and baked treats
🍯 Fresh raw honey
🥚 Fresh eggs
🧼 Tallow soaps, lotions, balms and natural cleaning products
🧶 Handmade crochet items and 3D prints
Open: Saturdays, Sundays & Mondays | 9:30 AM until dark
Phone: (720) 519-3002
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🍊 Johnson Family Farm – Floral City, FL
A family-owned farm focused on natural, chemical-free alternatives for healthier living.
🌱 Herbal teas and wellness blends
🌿 Farm-grown herbs and botanicals
🧹 Natural household and cleaning products
🌾 Seeds and gardening supplies
🎁 Gifts and handcrafted items
Phone: (813) 424-6672
Website: www.johnsonfamilyfarm.com
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🐝 The Blind Beekeeper – Crystal River, FL
Locally produced honey and bee-related products from a passionate beekeeper dedicated to sharing the benefits of local honey with the community.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🏡 The Yellow Cottage – 1374 N Marion Way, Crystal River, FL
A charming local stop offering handcrafted and homemade goods in a welcoming cottage-style setting.
🍌 Banana breads
🍪 Oatmeal Cookies
🍯 Honey
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🌻 Lake Lindsey Farm – 26199 Lake Lindsey Rd, Brooksville, FL
A full-service farm stand offering fresh food and farm experiences.
🥬 Fresh vegetables and fruit
🥛 Raw milk
🐟 Fresh fish
🍞 Fresh baked goods
🚜 Farm tours and more
Open: Thursday–Saturday 10 AM–6 PM, Sunday 10 AM–5 PM
Phone: (352) 231-8338
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🌺 Ohana Sips & Sweets – 12220 Pine Finch Ave, Brooksville, FL
A newly opened farm stand from a family already serving the community through their other local business.
🍹 Specialty drinks and refreshments
🍪 Sweet treats and baked goods
🌿 Farm stand offerings and seasonal items
Open: 1 & 3rd weekends each month, check page for hours
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🌸 Shevah Flower Farm – 16173 Snow Memorial Hwy, Brooksville, FL
This one is especially exciting!
Shevah Flower Farm has been part of the Farm Hop family for quite some time, and we have watched this dream take shape behind the scenes. We are thrilled to officially announce the opening of their roadside farm stand!
💐 Fresh-cut flowers and wrapped bouquets
🍯 Local honey
🍵 Loose-leaf teas
🍪 Baked goods and seasonal treats
🌷 Cottage garden events
Phone: (727) 808-3087
Website: shevahflowerfarm.com
Congratulations on this long-awaited milestone! I couldn’t be happier for you! 💚
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🍯 Sunsational Farms– 40541 Roger Giles Rd, Umatilla, FL
This family-owned and operated farm combines fresh local produce, raw honey, farm products, homemade treats, ice cream, seasonal events, and community connection into a true farm experience.
Phone: (352) 771-2013
Open:
• Tuesday – Friday: 11 AM – 6 PM
• Saturday: 11 AM – 4 PM
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🐝 The Bee Bungalow – Fort McCoy, FL
A mother-and-daughter beekeeping team dedicated to saving bees, harvesting local honey, and sharing the importance of pollinators with their community. The Bee Bungalow Apiary combines a passion for beekeeping with a commitment to producing fresh, local honey while helping support healthy bee populations throughout North Central Florida.
Phone: (352) 843-0514
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🍯 Harvest & Haven Honey – Ocala, FL
Crafted in small batches and rooted in the rhythms of the seasons, Harvest & Haven Honey specializes in fermented and infused honey made with raw, unprocessed honey and real ingredients. Each batch is thoughtfully created to highlight natural flavors while honoring the traditional simplicity that makes local honey so special.
Local pickup available. Orders can be placed online with pickup options available in Ocala, Gainesville, and Alachua.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🌿 Poteet Little Homestead – 9168 SE 142nd Place, Summerfield, FL
A small family-owned homestead focused on clean living and natural products.
🥚 Fresh eggs
🍞 Fresh baked goods
🍓 Preserves
🧼 Tallow soaps and body care products
🧴 Natural cleaning products
🌱 GMO-free and dye-free products whenever possible
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🐝Eggsotics – 10411 SW 138th St, Archer, FL
A woman-owned family farm dedicated to producing fresh, sustainably raised food while helping preserve heritage breeds of livestock and poultry. Eggsotics combines traditional farming practices with a commitment to conservation, offering farm-fresh eggs, pasture-raised meats, and seasonal produce directly from the source.
Phone: (352) 359-4472
Website: eggsotics.com
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🌾 Bailey Homestead Farmstand – 4805 Bugg Road, Plant City, FL
More than a farm stand, Bailey Homestead Farmstand is a family-centered homestead focused on fresh food, handmade goods, practical learning, and community connection. Built around the values of self-sufficiency, entrepreneurship, and hands-on education, this homestead creates opportunities for both visitors and their children to experience a slower, more intentional way of life.
From farm-fresh products to educational activities and family events, Bailey Homestead offers a welcoming environment where visitors can shop local, connect with the land, and support a family working to build something meaningful together.
Self-serve farmstand hours vary by season and events.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
💚 Every one of these businesses represents someone choosing to grow, create, raise, bake, teach, preserve, or build something meaningful for their community.
Let’s show them what the Farm Hop family is all about.
Please welcome our newest stops in the comments, give them a follow, and tell us which one you’re most excited to visit.
Know another farm stand, cottage baker, local grower, apiary, farm, homeschool resource, market, or small business keeping the old ways alive? Send us a message!
Follow rook to knight and the Farm Hop as we continue adding new stops every single week.
Support Local. Grow Community. Follow the Farm Hop.
Because money can’t buy happiness… but it can buy local, and that’s pretty close.💚
