Food Access

PROGRAMS & PLANNING

The City of St. Petersburg has allocated $1.179 million using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to improve food access and security in St. Petersburg. Healthy St. Pete and community partners are working together to increase access to nutritious foods, develop a plan to strengthen our local food system, and ensure children continue to receive meals during out of school time.

Summer Food Service Program

Provides free breakfast and lunch to anyone 18 years or younger. Summer meals are served in 17 locations throughout St. Pete. No registration required. Find a Summer Food Location near you here.

Healthy Food Action Plan

Is a community planning effort aimed at addressing the social, environmental, economic, and physical aspects of food access and security in St. Pete through programs, projects, partnerships, and policies.

Read the Healthy Food Action Plan

Community Food Grant Program

The Community Food Grant Program is a competitive grant program that aims improve health equity for all residents in St. Petersburg by funding local non-profit agencies who will implement projects that align with the Healthy Food Action Plan (HFAP) Areas of Focus and strategies.

2025 Community Food Grant Program Funded Projects

360 Eats | CommUnity Kitchen: Enhancing Food Security in Healthy Food Priority Areas

The Kind Mouse | Alleviating Childhood Hunger

St. Pete Free Clinic | Food Support for No-Cost Grocery Store and FRESH Pantry

Good Neighbors | Increasing Food Access for Seniors

Community Health Centers of Pinellas (Evara) | Food Rx

Daystar Life Center |Growing Access: From Garden to Table for Healthier Communities

Reach St. Pete | Free Mobile Grocery Store Bus

First United Methodist Church |Helping Hands for Hungry Kids

15^th Street Farm |St. Pete Food Hub

Visit the City’s ARPA page to learn more.

FRESH Pace Healthy Neighborhood Store Program

Led by the St. Peterburg Free Clinic the program provides healthy food options to families living in areas with limited access to nutritious foods.

The St. Petersburg Food System’s Map can be used to locate and assess food resources around the city, including FRESH Pace neighborhood stores.

Please click the graphic above to view the interactive map or click here for a list of terms and definitions related to the map.

Visit a Fresh Pace Healthy Neighborhood Store!

List of Fresh Pace Stores with orange icon

Healthy St. Pete Programs and Partnerships

Community Resources

City-wide Programs and Policies

City Administrative Policy: Healthy Vending Standards

The 2016 Healthy Vending Standards Administrative Policy establishes expectations and standards for promoting access to healthier food and beverage items in vending machines located in City-owned and operated facilities.

Food As A Human Right Resolution

In 2021, the Health, Energy, Resiliency and Sustainability Committee introduced and passed a resolution declaring Food as a Human Right in St. Pete. This resolution was introduced by Council Chair, Gina Driscoll, with the help of the Parks and Recreation Department and Healthy St. Pete staff. The resolution focuses on increasing access to nutritious and affordable food in healthy food priority areas, the creation and implementation of a health food action plan, and other healthy food accessibility efforts.

Parks & Recreation Departmental Policies

The Parks and Recreation Department has several policies promoting the consumption of healthy food, including the following: Vendor- Mobile Whole or Uncut Produce, Healthier Food Options at Events and Programs and Healthy Lifestyles in the Workplace.

St. Pete Food Policy Council

Healthy St. Pete staff sit on the St. Pete Food Policy Council and are actively collaborating with its members and other organizations to increase food access.

St. Pete Youth Farm

Empowering youth to lead urban agriculture projects with community guidance and resources has proven to be a successful strategy in youth, workforce, and neighborhood development. At the St. Pete Youth Farm, young participants start as workers, then become mentors, managers, and eventually food systems leaders. They learn through experience, implement real-world business principles, and serve the local community.

Urban Agriculture

Urban agriculture has many benefits and contributes to our collective economic, social, environmental, and physical health. The City approved ordinance amendments in January 2021 to expand opportunities for production and sale of produce.

Click here to see the City’s Guide to Growing Urban Agriculture. Healthy St. Pete’s map also includes locations of known community gardens, school gardens, and urban farms.

Food Access

PROGRAMS & PLANNING

Summer Food Service Program

Healthy Food Action Plan

Community Food Grant Program

2025 Community Food Grant Program Funded Projects

FRESH Pace Healthy Neighborhood Store Program

Visit a Fresh Pace Healthy Neighborhood Store!

Healthy St. Pete Programs and Partnerships

Fresh Rec Stop

Food Systems Memberships & Committees

Reach St. Pete Mobile Pop-Up Pantry

Summer Food Service Program

Community Resources

Pinellas County Childhood Hunger Collaborative

St. Pete Free Clinic Food Pantries in Pinellas County

Feeding Tampa Bay

City-wide Programs and Policies

City Administrative Policy: Healthy Vending Standards

Food As A Human Right Resolution

Parks & Recreation Departmental Policies

St. Pete Food Policy Council

St. Pete Youth Farm

Urban Agriculture