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In the Heartland: Mark Your Calendar
Cattlewomen’s Annual Fun Shoot Funds to Go to Scholarships by DAPHNE RENELUS If you’ve never been to a fun shoot event, you’ve been missing out! The Florida Cattlewomen’s annual fun
Ag Rec Update: The Florida Python Challenge™ 2020 Python Bowl
The Florida Everglades is an extraordinary ecosystem unlike any other in the world! It is home to a variety of rare and unique wildlife including a diversity of native birds,
Polk County Farm Bureau President’s Letter: December 2019
Polk County Farm Bureau members traveled to Tallahassee this month to hold discussions of key state issues with lawmakers. The occasion was Florida Farm Bureau Day, a volunteer event that
Kidz Outdoors Forming Relationships, Fighting Childhood Diseases
by MATT NORMAN The great outdoors have long served as a way to explore and discover. The adventures experienced were part of growing up and for many families, these adventures
AgriShopper: Tools for Making Cooking Easier
When you live in an agriculture minded state and strive to keep a healthy lifestyle, it can be difficult to find those unique utensils for all your different cooking needs.
Harvest Time
Farm Safety 101 While the total number of agricultural fatalities has been decreasing in recent years, farm safety is still an important topic, with 285 farmers and ranchers being killed
Florida Roots
Florida’s Favorite Red, Juicy, Triangle by MARY TOOTHMAN There’s no question that watermelon is a popular crop among growers: it’s grown in more than 96 countries in the world and
Harvest Time: Catching up With Tom West Blueberries
How Did the Farm’s Switch from Citrus to Berries Pan Out? by MARY TOOTHMAN The Tom West family farm that once grew citrus in Ocoee switched to blueberries in 2010,
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Looking to the Soil for Solutions in the Fight Against Greening On 15 acres at Howey-in-the-Hills in Lake County, a citrus grove once abandoned by its owner has new life,
Recipe Spotlight
Adding Citrus to Your Summertime Cookout We have determined that every day is cookout day in Central Florida. And Central Florida citrus is a natural flavor for barbecues. But when
