{"id":23727,"date":"2025-10-28T14:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/23727\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:20:17","slug":"new-cape-coral-restaurant-teams-up-with-local-farms-for-fresh-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/23727\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cape Coral Restaurant Teams Up With Local Farms for Fresh Ingredients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh dining location has opened in Cape Coral, Florida. The Salad King works with SWFL Produce to stock its kitchen with farm-fresh goods. Since its start in October 2025, the spot aims to link Southwest Florida&#8217;s growers with local tables.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any farm that we can keep open here, that&#8217;s what we are trying to advocate towards,&#8221; said Elizabeth Etnoyer, owner of SWFL Produce, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/fox-4-wftx-563667\/4309431895299-new-cape-coral-restaurant-sources-locally-for-fresh-farm-to-table-meals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fox 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a middleman, SWFL Produce links growers to food sellers. They pick up fresh crops from farms across the area. Sunswell Greens, a Punta Gorda farm, sends lettuce to The Salad King&#8217;s kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They pick it on a Thursday, and we get it on a Friday morning,&#8221; said Keith Brochu, who runs The Salad King with his team. Fresh greens move from field to plate in just days.<\/p>\n<p>The spot puts money back into local hands. &#8220;I would rather spend our money here in town than shooting out to elsewhere where it doesn&#8217;t help the community,&#8221; Brochu said.<\/p>\n<p>Their work cuts out steps between farms and plates. SWFL Produce picks the best crops at just the right time. &#8220;We find the stuff that&#8217;s the best in season and bring it to you,&#8221; Etnoyer said.<\/p>\n<p>After just weeks in business, plans are brewing for more locations across the area. The quick growth shows strong local support.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Cape Coral, The Salad King shifts its menu with the seasons. Most items come straight from nearby fields, bringing Southwest Florida&#8217;s harvest to local tables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fresh dining location has opened in Cape Coral, Florida. The Salad King works with SWFL Produce to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-23727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}