Dairy and beef cattle farms produce about 2% of total worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. According to Climate Watch Data, in 2018, 2% accounted for 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas. Alliance uses a system called an anaerobic digester to process their manure. From the outside, it just looks like a large concrete platform covered in metal pipes.
Read More »Black Communities Concerned About Pending Alachua County Commission Decision On New Archer Solar Farm
Archer residents in historically Black farming communities are speaking out against the proposal to build a solar farm along Southwest County Road 346. The plan — from Gainesville Regional Utilities and Origis Energy — intends to bring Gainesville closer to its goal of moving toward 100% renewable energy by 2045.
Read More »Gravesites, Churches and Cantaloupe: Pinesville’s History Vital to Florida’s Fabric
It’s an unincorporated area comprised of about 230 homes near Archer Road and U.S. Route 41 and roughly between Archer and Jonesville in western Alachua County.
Read More »Florida Christmas Tree Farmers Grapple With COVID-19 And Dwindling Numbers
There used to be more than 100 Christmas tree farms across the state, but in recent years that number has dwindled to less than 20, said John Gregory, owner of Unicorn Hill Christmas Tree Farm.
Read More »Photo Essay: For The Love Of Goats
It all started with a Hobby Farms magazine article predicting goat farming to be the next big trend.
Read More »How Florida Agriculture Has Been Affected By COVID-19
The state Department of Agriculture will continue to work to help farmers that have been affected by COVID-19.
Read More »USMCA To Be Major Issue For Florida Blueberry Growers In 2020
The USMCA, if ratified by Congress by the end of the month, will ensure that an already bad situation for berry farmers will grow worse in 2020.
Read More »Turnout At Peanut Festival Helps Fund New “Williston Wonderland” Holiday Attraction
The Williston's annual Central Florida Peanut Festival's success inspired the chamber's Christmas events committee chairman, Michael Langston, to do something different from years past.
Read More »‘Grain by Grain’: Bob Quinn Visits Gainesville to Share the Power of Organic Farming
Bob Quinn so believes in the power of organic farming that he once sent some of his farm’s own wheat to an ailing woman who he believed needed only toxin-free food. Quinn, an organic farmer from Montana, spoke of that and other farming experiences as part of his book tour …
Read More »How Coon Hollo In Micanopy Came To Embrace Florida’s Agritourism Trend
If you want to have a son, don’t drink the water at Coon Hollo. At least, that’s what Laurie Berry says. She’s the oldest of three daughters in the Williams family and part of five generations of Williams that have lived and worked on Coon Hollo farm since the early …
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