The farm's booth was operating on March 8 when the City Center Farmers Market celebrated its fifth birthday. "I was real pleased and surprised by how well the community responded to this," White said.

Stefania Fochi, 36, and her empanada company, Empanada Girl, have been a fixture at the downtown Sarasota Farmers Market for nearly 15 years.But it all started as a small side hustle attached to ...