A person can move away from Miami but their craving for flavors of the place will stay for a long time. Case in point, friends Kattia and Chris moved away about 10 years ago, and live in tropical fruit exile all the way up in Sanford. If they want a fresh mango, they have to [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Mmmmm mouthwatering mango jam
Posted in food, fruits, photo, recipe, tagged jam, Kattia, mango on July 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
SFDB Post of the Month
Posted in media, tagged lychee, SFDB, Steven Green on July 31, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Glory be and hallelujah! The good folks over at South Florida Daily Blog decided they liked my post, For the Love of Lychees, so much that they voted it the post of the month for June. Thanks for the honor! I’m touched the post brought back pleasant memories of savoring backyard fruit. Place has a [...]
Growers opposed to deep cuts
Posted in farmer/grower, location, media, politics, tagged Agricultural Manager, Extension, Farm Bureau, Miami Herald on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Proposed county budget would gut funding for agriculture By Christina Veiga cveiga@MiamiHerald.com There’s a long way between County Hall and the avocado groves of Redland, the rows of tomatoes in Homestead and the plant nurseries of deep South Miami-Dade. But more than miles seem to separate county government from the county’s $2.7 billion agriculture industry, [...]
Redland fruit arrives in Central Florida
Posted in fruits, location, market, photo, tagged avocados, Bee Heaven Farm, Health and Happiness Farm, mamey, Whole Foods on July 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week I was up in Sanford visiting with friends Kattia, Chris and Holden. Kattia knows I’m a big fan of Whole Foods, and took me to visit the store at Winter Park. The first thing I saw when I walked in through the front door was a heap of Florida avocados. They looked suspiciously [...]
Support Florida’s small farms
Posted in farm, politics, tagged Commissioner Adam Putnam, FDACS on July 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Florida Dept. of Agriculture’s Small Farm Subcommittee has recommended changes to minimize costs for small farms while ensuring food safety. This is a great step towards “right-sizing regulations” that impact Florida’s small farmers. A number of small farms in Florida have provided input to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) and [...]
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