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Christian Petraitis/WUFT NewsAlachua Greens grows and delivers leafy produce to local establishments as far as St. Augustine. Though he owns the business with his wife, Lisa Sanders, a doctor at the University of Florida, the farm is, for the most part, a one-man operation. Patrick Gruninger does everything from planting the peat moss plugs to cleaning out the algae. -
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Long before a Thanksgiving turkey reaches your table, farmers are hard at work feeding the birds, monitoring their health and guiding them from hatch to harvest.
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Several North Central Florida developements are emulating the food-centric layouts of the earliest agricultural communities in Mesopotamia, China and South America. Agrihoods share the “back to the land” goal of the intentional communities and ecovillages that gained popularity in the 1960s and ‘70s, but cater to a 9-to-5 crowd. -
The effort, led by horticultural scientist Zhanao Deng, aims to tackle common issues faced by growers. -
A crowd of over 300 people gathered on Friday for the annual Florida Museum of Natural History’s spring plant sale. Before the gates opened at 10 a.m. a line was already forming around the corner of Hull Road. -
The Federal Crop Insurance Program costs the government an average of $9 billion annually. Climate change could raise its price tag by up to a third by 2080. -
The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is training beekeepers over the next couple of days as part of its annual Spring Bee College Program. -
The Porters Quarters Community Farm Farmers Market , a pop-up market in the Porters Community Garden, launched on Wednesday with 16 vendor tables selling clothing, jewelry, books and desserts, among other products. -
As egg prices have gone up, some Florida residents are crowing about raising their own chickens. -
As temperatures drop below freezing, residents are advised to follow the "Three P’s" of cold weather safety — protecting people, pipes, and plants. -
Citrus growers called on lawmakers Tuesday to continue providing research and advertising money to help an industry that has seen production drop more than 90 percent in less than three decades.
