Nutrient supplements, root stock additives, genetic modification, heat therapies and a bacterial killer are just a few of the proposed solutions to what has been called the worst disease in history to hit Florida orange groves. Citrus greening, a bacterial disease that prevents nutrients from being absorbed by a tree, …

Steve Futch, UF IFAS Extension agent, and family farmer, Mac Turner, right, tour the new orange tree plantings on Turner’s family farm in Arcadia, Fla. in April 2014. (Heather van Blokland/WUFT) Citrus farmer Mac Turner is fighting to keep his orange grove alive. Mac and his three siblings own 1,000 …

In our first of a three-part series on citrus greening, WUFT's Heather van Blokland takes us through a bit of history on Florida's connection to the orange

Former Asst. Deputy for Global Trade at the USDA weighs in on the impact of U.S. farm policy on local farming.

Gainesville's 15th annual Great Air Potato Round-Up attracted volunteers in the area to help eradicate the invasive plant known as the air potato. The plant has become a problem in Florida because of its disruptive nature to native plants.

Best Western desk clerk accused of stealing hundreds with false reports.

Controversy regarding whether to close the Eagle's Nest Sink or not is stirring after a fatal cave-diving accident between a father and son.

Cuts to the Farm Bill by Congress will threaten SNAP-Ed programs in Florida schools.

More consumers are accepting of controversial genetically modified food, according to a new study by University of Florida’s IFAS Extension on consumer attitudes towards genetically modified food.

Gainesville Regional Utilities General Manager Bob Hunzinger announced his resignation in a letter signed by him and Mayor Ed Braddy on Wednesday.