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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Extension’
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 »
Extension (and farmers) need your help!
Posted in farm, food, politics, tagged commissioners, county budget, Extension, laurel wilt, UF/IFAS on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Originally I didn’t plan on this blog being political, but it looks like I’ll have to dip a toe in those waters… By now you’ve already heard about the new proposed county budget that Mayor Carlos Alvarez presented to the county commissioners. There was much debate about what to cut, how much to cut, and [...]
Avocados are threatened
Posted in farmer/grower, fruits, location, locavore, people, photo, politics, tagged avocado, commissioners, county budget, Extension, laurel wilt, redbay ambrosia beetle, UF/IFAS on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Take a good look at this season’s avocados, and savor the flavor. This season might be the last time you’ll see and taste Florida avocados, if the laurel wilt disease gets out of control in Miami-Dade County. It’s caused by the tiny redbay ambrosia beetle that carries a fungus which kills avocado trees fairly quickly. [...]
