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Chuck Clemons and Brandon Peters are competing for a seat in District 22. The winner will become a representative in Florida's House.
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The number of Black-run farms has dwindled from almost one million to just 50,000 today. John "Ronnie" Nix is fighting to preserve what's left.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Watching from an elevated window at home as Hurricane Ian struck their farm in Fort Myers, the McMahon family saw the storm blow the…
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The county commission asked questions on Tuesday without indicating which direction it would go in approving, modifying or rejecting the proposal.
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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.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, heirs’ property is “the leading cause of Black involuntary land loss.” African Americans, who once owned 15 million acres, lost up to 90 % of their land from 1910-2007.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It all started with a Hobby Farms magazine article predicting goat farming to be the next big trend.