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, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Miami Herald’
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 »
Farmers may get federal disaster help after freeze
Posted in farm, media, weather, tagged Miami Herald on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By CHRISTINA VEIGA cveiga@miamiherald.com As farmers start counting their loses from a historic early freeze, Miami-Dade County officials sought to reassure local growers in the deep southern portion of the county that help is on the way. Farmworkers, however, may not be so lucky. County Manager George Burgess and Agriculture Manager Charles LaPradd walked [...]
Mother earth
Posted in farm, farmer/grower, media, tagged Margie Pikarsky, Miami Herald on July 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Miami Herald has a nice long article about farmer Margie Pikarsky and the Redland Organics CSA. You can find it in today’s Tropical Life section. Bee Heaven owner: Organic farming is good for the foodie — and the land BY ANA VECIANA-SUAREZ aveciana@MiamiHerald.com On a muggy summer day, as bruised clouds gather overhead, Margie [...]
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 [...]
Heard it on the radio
Posted in farmer/grower, interview, media, tagged Christine DiMattei, Margie Pikarsky, Miami Herald, Niala Boodhoo, WLRN on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Farmer Margie was recently interviewed by Niala Boodhoo of WLRN/Miami Herald about the economic impact of last month’s freeze. Two reports originally aired on WLRN last week, and the second one is by reporter Christine DiMattei. If you weren’t lucky enough to catch them on the radio, you can listen to and/or download them from [...]
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