BEST OF THE TREASURE COAST
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BEST OF THE TREASURE COAST
M A G A Z I N E
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NELSON FAMILY
FARMS
875 W. Midway Road
Fort Pierce
772.464.2100
www.nelsonfamilyfarms.com
The Best
Produce/
Fruit Stand
award for
2015 belongs to
Nelson Family
Farms. The stand is
so popular that a
nearby supermarket
doesn’t have
to stock a large
quantity of
produce. Residents
head for Nelson’s
where they can get all their fresh fruit and vegetables.
When Nelson’s moved from its tiny orange building
on Oleander and Midway where lines of customers
regularly snaked out the door and into the parking lot,
it built its current open-air building with a roof and a
cold-room for the more fragile produce. Importantly, it
also put in a long line of checkout counters and on most
days all of them have people checking out baskets piled
with citrus fruits, cucumbers, squash, melon, tomatoes,
green beans, peppers, apples, lettuce, broccoli and
more. And as if that weren’t enough, you can find honey,
fresh squeezed orange and grapefruit juice, and Nelson’s
own coffee roasted on the Nelson farm. At the checkout
counter you will find other tempting fresh goods.
Outside, buyers can purchase citrus trees grown on the
family farm as well as ornamental plants for reasonable
prices. Nelson’s started up in 1938 selling from the
farm owner’s house. Today, even though surrounded
by neighborhoods , the Nelson family still operates
the farm, greenhouses and the produce stand that
thousands of customers love to visit.
WHAT R E A D E R S S AY
‘‘ ‘‘ I mean…. have you been there? Great staff and
fresh fruits and veggies along with a nursery.
‘‘ ‘‘ Great selection of fruit and produce.
Shopping there makes me feel healthy.
ELLYSE TRETHRIC PHOTOS
M A G A Z I N E
B E S T P R O D U C E / F R U I T S TA N D 2 0 1 5
BEST OF THE
TREASURE COAST
2015
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