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Recipe Spotlight: Color your plate red and green for the holidays
THE REASON for Christmas , the birth of baby Jesus, goes back more than 2,000...
Recipe Spotlight: Cooking with herbs to dress up any plate
FRESH IS BIG in the world of food. And food doesn’t get much fresher than...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: The time for bold water policy is now
WATER IS THE BIGGEST long-term challenge facing Florida. And that is exactly why I have...
Ag Time with Abby: FFA wants to amplify on ag causes and careers
{Amp•li•fy — increase of volume} THE THEME of the 2014-15 National FFA year was to...
Ag Time with Abby: The #20BuckTruck fundraiser for the Polk County Youth Fair
THE POLK COUNTY FFA chapters and 4-H clubs have been all about fundraising this year!...
Recipe Spotlight: What to cook up with your fresh catch
THERE’S SOMETHING fishy in the state of Florida. And it’s all over the place. Just...
Ag Time with Abby: Local agri-educators and why teaching is their passion
THE 2015-2016 school year is well under way! We have a lot of exciting events...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Bringing Florida’s harvest to school cafeterias
IN THE PHOTO: Since the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services assumed responsibility of...
Recipe Spotlight: What’s cooking this fall from your local farmers’ market
IT’S TOO darn hot ! That’s a given in Central Florida. But we still have...
Ag Time with Abby: There’s something for everyone in ag
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN. The school buses will in route, the bells will be ringing...
Recipe Spotlight: When life gives you lemons, make more than just lemonade
WHEN FLORIDA gives you lemons, you should make something tasty. Maybe tart. Could be tangy...
PCFB President’s Column: Many deserve thanks for giving ag a boost in legislative session
“WHY DO YOU FARM?” This is a question that most farmers and ranchers hear over...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Employing every tool in the toolbox to find a solution for HLB
FLORIDA GROWERS just harvested the smallest orange crop in nearly 50 years, and all because...
Ag Time with Abby: Being part of the revolution
IN THE PHOTOS: Left, FFA youth ham it up during the 87th Annual Florida FFA...
Ag Time with Abby: Class of 2015, you did it!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL the graduating seniors — the Class of 2015! You have made it...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Century Pioneer Family Farms
SINCE THE ARRIVAL of European explorers in the 1500s, agriculture has played a critical role...
Recipe Spotlight: In peach anticipation
ANTICIPATION can be disappointing. We were at a dog show in Georgia — you know...
PCFB President’s Column: Legislative Wrap-Up event gets bumped
EACH YEAR, immediately following the end of the Legislative Session, the Polk County Farm Bureau...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Growing ‘Fresh From Florida’
MORE THAN 47,000 farms in Florida work day in and day out to produce the...
Ag Time with Abby: Memoirs of an Ag Literacy Day reader
AG LITERACY DAY was held April 21, and our local FFA chapters spent their day...
