Veggie Venture

Like many companies, Sharyn Vross traces the beginning of her business to the living room.

In the first week of her Sarasota-based organic produce delivery service, in 2015, she did eight deliveries, filling boxes of fruit and vegetables for her customers in the living room of her house. “There was produce everywhere,” she says.

Today, White Picket Produce does about 140 deliveries a week to homes and businesses in and around Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch. It has also expanded its delivery area to include North Port and Englewood with plans for further expansion. White Picket's produce comes from organic produce vendors nationwide and a host of local farms.