Agriculture Sector

Florida Citrus Growers Switch to Organic

Slow Foods Glades to Coast Dinner at Cafe Boulud

(sturgeon: It's what's for dinner)The Slow Foods Glades to Coast Chapter, which covers roughly the Palm Beach and Broward areas, is hosting a 5-course Growers' Discovery gourmet dinner at Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach this Thursday, December 11, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The dinner, overseen by chef Zach Bell ... More >>

Bait and Shackle

For years Everett Hobby has net-fished offshore for ballyhoo. Only recently has he been considered a criminal for doing so.

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For years Everett Hobby has net-fished offshore for ballyhoo. Only recently has he been considered a criminal for doing so.

Best Fresh Produce

West McNab U-Pick

A Natural Alliance

Buck Island Ranch is home to the threatened caracara, and it's a laboratory where ranchers and conservationists are learning to work together

Citrus Tree Removers Leave Sour Taste

Letters for July 20, 2000

Best Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice

Alex's Flamingo Groves

Best Farmer's Market

Delray Green Market in the Park

Best Sun-Sentinel Writer

David Fleshler

Letters for November 21, 2002

A left-wing zealot

Oyster Lovers, Unite

This Valentine's may be your best chance for years to come to eat oysters.

The Rainbow Must Go On

This Valentine's may be your best chance for years to come to eat oysters.

The Corn Convention

This Valentine's may be your best chance for years to come to eat oysters.

Letters for July 12-18, 2007

This Valentine's may be your best chance for years to come to eat oysters.

Radio Free Haiti

Jonathan Demme's documentary brings a joyful revolutionary to the screen

Battle of the Bugs

The blood runs pink as biowarfare is waged against insect pests

Man Overboard

Behind South Florida's golden crab industry is the story of a family proud but divided

Best German Restaurant

Old Heidelberg

Poison Pill

Florida's first law to protect farm workers from pesticides died a quiet death, but now it's back

Indian War

A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

Sustained Interest

Zemi's chef is the real attraction at this class for culinary do-gooders

Taco Heaven

At Avila's, the tortilla is more than half full

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Florida Grape Growers Association

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Shore to Door Seafood

Good Grind

The authors of The Birth of Coffee appear in West Palm Beach

Crustacean Disputation

A shrimpy Ecuadorian company wants DuPont to stop spoiling its H20

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the Left Bank

Canker Sore

State workers are cutting down homeowners' citrus trees to save Florida's fruit industry. It's a South Florida chain saw massacre.

Greenpeace Attacks Publix, Winn-Dixie

flickr user: wharmanIf only Publix cared this much about REAL fish.The website for Publix supermarkets states, "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but not all of them are good enough for Publix." According to the environmental organization Greenpeace, that statement is all sorts of wrong. First, t ... More >>

The World According to Harry

g.shepherdHarry's Banana Farm, 10.17.09​Harry's Banana Farm in Lake Worth has long been famous for its stuffed alligator, its paperback "lending library," its Penthouse designation as one of the ten sleaziest bars in America, and for the philosophical musings posted on its outdoor sign. But this w ... More >>

Panning for Gold: Impoverished People Can Be Useful Props for Protesters

Flickr: HD Action PhotographyA boatload of amberjacks caught by a charter fishing boat off the Panhandle coast.​It's been a discouraging week to be a South Floridian, so it's high time we renew our Panning for Gold series, in which we attempt to prove that ours is the (slightly) superior civilizat ... More >>

Target Stores to Stop Selling Farm-Raised Salmon, Will Now Carry Wild-Caught Only

​That's right: the retail mega-chain will no longer be selling any farm raised salmon at its grocery outlets. Instead, all salmon sold at Target stores will now be wild-caught Alaskan salmon only.Pretty conscientious for a national retailer.Now, all the frozen, fresh, and smoked salmon you find at ... More >>

Florida Tomato Shortage Impacting Restaurants Nationwide

​Walking into a Deerfield Beach Tex-Mex restaurant last week, I noticed a handwritten sign on the door. It read, "Due to tomato shortage, customers are limited to one bowl of salsa per table."Tex-Mex without salsa? That's like pizza without cheese. Or sauce.After one of the coldest winters in the ... More >>

The Humane Society's Battle With Farmers Began Right Here in Florida

​Walking into a Deerfield Beach Tex-Mex restaurant last week, I noticed a handwritten sign on the door. It read, "Due to tomato shortage, customers are limited to one bowl of salsa per table."Tex-Mex without salsa? That's like pizza without cheese. Or sauce.After one of the coldest winters in the ... More >>

Two Florida Farmers Opt Out of Animal Rights Battles

Matt Thomas' little pigs range freely.​This week's feature story details the escalating battle between Big Agriculture and the Humane Society, the organization behind a nationwide campaign to legislate the safety and comfort of farm animals. The Humane Society helped push through Florida's "pregna ... More >>

Immokalee Workers Plan Major Push on Publix This Weekend

Pressure mounts on Publix.​Thirty-year-old Romeo Ramirez has worked on Florida farms for his "whole life," he says. And despite the conditions he's seen -- stagnant wages, no benefits, and even migrant farm workers forced to work against their will -- he still seems to see the state he lives in as ... More >>

Red Lobster Parent Company to Delve Into Lobster Farming

​Lobster is a steal nowadays, but that steamed tail on your plate could get even cheaper if Darden Restaurants has anything to say about it.According to the Orlando Sentinel, the company behind such national restaurant chains as Red Lobster and Capitol Grille is moving forward with lobster aquacul ... More >>

Animal Rights Group Asks Miss Florida USA Contestants to Donate Fur "Prizes"

C. Stiles​We live in South Florida, one of the warmest climates in the country. And on top of that, this one of the hottest summers we've had in years. So why would anyone ever need a fur coat down here?That's what the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida was thinking when members emailed more than ... More >>

Whole Foods Offers Sustainable Swordfish for Summer

​It was less than six months ago that national retailer Target completely ditched farm-raised salmon in favor of the environmentally conscious wild-caught variety. Now Whole Foods is getting in on the action. The national retailer has announced it will carry only Marine Stewardship Council-certifi ... More >>

Mango Farm Tour at Erickson Farms Sunday -- a Family Day Out

​The 99-year-old Erickson Farms in Canal Point opens its gates to the public on Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., for its annual Farm Tour. The free tour features rides among the mango groves -- 40 acres of them -- and around the other tropical trees growing on the other 20 acres.Kim Erickson, one of the ... More >>

Fair Is Fair

​The 99-year-old Erickson Farms in Canal Point opens its gates to the public on Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., for its annual Farm Tour. The free tour features rides among the mango groves -- 40 acres of them -- and around the other tropical trees growing on the other 20 acres.Kim Erickson, one of the ... More >>

Real Cattle Drive on Clematis Thursday at High Noon

Florida cattle ​Cattle and the cowboys who herd them aren't your everyday downtown sight, but on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach, a herd (abeit a small one) will be tromped down the middle of the road at noon Thursday.The Florida Cattlemen's Association is calling attention to Florida's history ... More >>

Truck Farm: Join the Fleet

Think you can't grow your own produce if you're not living out on a farm? Well, maybe you should consider getting a truck. No joke! Truck Farm is a mobile farm where you plant into the bed of a truck. That means you are growing your own produce even if you have limited space and live in the city. Im ... More >>

Orange Juice and Taxes Cause State Citrus Department Director to Resign

Blame this guy.​The Ledger is reporting that Ken Keck, the Florida Department of Citrus executive director, will resign next week.That's consistent with the citrus commission's August 3 agenda, which states the third item is to consider "terms of resignation of acting executive director," and the ... More >>

Trader Joe's Says "Ef You!" to Florida Tomato Pickers, Middle Class Eats the Most Fast Food, and More

​​Each week, we cull eclectic stories from the internets so you don't have to. 1. Author of Tomatoland Barry Estabrook reports that a 20-year old labor rights group representing tomato pickers in southwestern Florida marched to Trader Joe's headquarters in Los Angeles to ask execs to work w ... More >>

Bee Killer Snuffs Thousands of Florida Hives

treehugger.com​If it's not colony collapse disorder, it's a crazy bee killer. Hundreds of thousands of bees in Brevard County died this past September, tied to a tainted food supply that contained an insecticide used to kill roaches, ticks, and fleas, county agriculture officials determined yester ... More >>