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Nominations are being currently accepted for the 2014 Environmental Stewardship Awards Program. Doing one’s part to combine business and saving the environment together is cause for celebration; that is just what the National Cattlemen’s Foundation and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association do as they accept nominations for their 2014 annual Environmental Stewardship Awards Program (ESAP). [emember_protected […]

How Nurseries are Changing in 2014 to Keep Business Growing Potted roses used to be popular gifts for Valentine’s and Mother’s days, but now they’re disappearing from store shelves. This year, Sunshine Growers Inc. of Lakeland, which sells potted plants to garden shops and floral departments, didn’t receive one order for a potted rose. “A

Horse Committee Chair Jessica Slaughter Shares What’s on Tap for this Year Since 1947, the Polk County Youth Fair has been educating local youths about agriculture. Through a series of annual events like the Market Hog Show and Sale, participating youth learn how to raise various types of livestock, and bring them to market. There’s

Growing Much More than Citrus as Florida’s Natural Growers Foundation Focuses on Local Charities The Spirit of Giving is alive and well this time of year, and many companies talk the talk about their corporate giving. However, one organization that really walks the walk—and has for years—is right in our own backyard. The Florida’s Natural

Participants met the challenge at the Run-A-Muck Mud Run to help raise funds for the new FFA headquarters. They may have maneuvered through dirt, they may have waded through water, they may have rolled around in mud; but for the First Annual Firetower Run-A-Muck 5K Run and Mud Run in Haines City, participants put their

Preserving the Future of Citrus through Environmental Stewardship (Featured Photo: Bok Tower (also known as the Singing Tower) is a National Historic Landmark that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. A Symbol of Florida, the Singing Tower rises 250 feet on the slope of Iron Mountain, overlooking some of the

New Sheriff’s K9 to be Named Matrix The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is getting a new four-legged recruit: Matrix. The dog, probably a German Shepherd, is being purchased with $8,000 donated by The Mosaic Company, a phosphate mining company based in Plymouth, Minnesota. Suitably, the name is derived from a mining term for phosphate ore,

Florida is full of agricultural wonders, so in this edition, we asked five different and unique ag operations how 2013 went for their business, and how they project next year is going to pan out. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of the article!”] The Apiary The Tree Farm The Equestrian

How Robert Harper Captures Natural Florida Seventy-two-year-old Robert Harper likes a challenge. In his lifetime he’s bailed hay, sold watermelons, raised beef cattle, and grown citrus. Formerly a Central Florida developer, the Lakeland Realtor is now growing peaches and painting. “It’s probably the most relaxing thing I do. I don’t get to do it as

Morgan Turney’s Art and Future Ambissions Lake Region High School senior Morgan Turney loves to sketch, dance, sculpt, and take photographs. “I really like the expression of art through colors,” the 17-year-old Auburndale girl says.[emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of the article!”] Her love for art was apparent from her