UPDATE: Mayor Gimenez is coming to Homestead to meet with the community! An additional Town Hall Meeting was recently scheduled for August 24, 2011 at 7:00 pm. The address is: William Dickinson Community Center, 1601 Krome Avenue, Homestead FL. By now you’ve already heard that the new Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Gimenez, is cutting the county budget. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘county commissioners’
Raise your voice!
Posted in events, farmer/grower, location, locavore, politics, tagged Agricultural Manager, Carlos Gimenez, Charles LaPradd, county commissioners, UF/IFAS Cooperative Extension on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tourists in farm country
Posted in agritourism, media, tagged county commissioners, Miami Herald, zoning on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t tell you how many times people have asked me if Bee Heaven has a farm stand where they can get fresh veggies, or if there’s a place serving local food. Now, finally, it looks like Redland is going to (officially) catch up with what family farmers in other parts of the country have been doing all [...]
Extension is saved – come celebrate!
Posted in farmer/grower, location, politics, tagged county commissioners, Extension on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Miami-Dade County Cooperative Extension staff, in an expression of our appreciation for our supporters and friends in our recent budget resurrection, would like to invite the community to a “Thank You” reception on Tuesday, October 27th from 3 to 6 PM. As this is an informal gathering we do not expect to have a [...]
Help save Extension Services
Posted in farm, food, location, politics, Uncategorized, tagged county budget, county commissioners, Extension, Margie Pikarsky, Redland Organics on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
<nag> Have you written to your county commissioner about the proposed budget cut that would close the doors to the Miami-Dade Cooperative Extension Service? No? Still thinking about it? Maybe it’s just not that important or relevant? I mean, how could it possibly tie in with the tasty, fresh, local and organic veggies you’re going [...]
Green Needs to Be Seen and Heard
Posted in csa, farm, farmer/grower, location, locavore, politics, tagged avocado, county budget, county commissioners, Extension, laurel wilt on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Did you go to the county commissioner budget meetings to state your case? No? You have several more chances. There are Budget Conference Committee (BCC) meetings on Aug 24, 25, 26 and 27 at commission chambers downtown. The commission will hold final budget hearings on Thursday Sept 3rd at 5:01 pm and Thursday Sept. 17th [...]
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