Employment anchors · employer
Sam S. Accursio and Sons Farms
vegetable grower and packer · Florida City
- Opened
- 1948
- Community
- Florida City · municipality
- Status as of 11 September 2026
- operating
- Historical state
- pre Andrew
- Connections
- 2 edges, 2 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.004 (rank 80 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 100)
- Confidence
- Medium · sources: [J48] (register)
Sam Accursio Sr moves from Boston to Florida City and starts farming five acres of pickles in 1948. The family operation grows to about 2,000 acres in Miami-Dade County by 2013 and runs a packing house and the Sam and Philly's U Pick and market on Krome Avenue. The Dade County Farm Bureau names the Accursios Farm Family of the Year in October 2013.
Detail: about 2,000 acres farmed (2013)
Connections
Plans, funding, partners
- partnerDade County Farm BureauSam Accursio Jr. sits on the boardpresent
Anchors, connections, hosting
- hostsFlorida City State Farmers MarketPacking and sales through the state market district1948 to present
Located
- located inFlorida CityFounded on five acres in Florida City1948 to present