The number of farmers markets today is about twice what it was just ten years ago. Daniel Lee looks into how farmers markets have doubled in numbers across the U.S. over the past decade and why they are becoming more and more popular. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, …
Conserve Alabama Efforts Continue
A few weeks ago, a big event took place in Montgomery to launch the new Conserve Alabama, an effort to work with communities to conserve Alabama’s natural resources. Dr. William Puckett, Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee (SWCC) Executive Director, said “we’re fortunate in recent years to see a reignited interest in knowing where your food comes from and how …
Florida NRCS Seeks Proposals to Protect and Restore Wetlands
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida wants to remind eligible conservation partners that May 16 is the deadline to apply for funding to help leverage local investments in providing technical and financial resources for wetland protection and improvements on private and Tribal agricultural lands. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding …
Ag College Enrollment
Everett Griner talks about the lagging enrollment in agriculture colleges in today’s Agri View. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
Toolkits
If you’re looking to start a Farmer’s Market or a local food system hub in your area, Cathy Isom lets you know toolkits are available at your fingertips for starting your own farmer’s market or other local food activity. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
State of Florida Picks Up Feds’ Portion of Ranch Deal
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM TURNER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 10, 2016………. The state is picking up $1.5 million that the federal government had been expected to contribute to a deal to conserve 1,617 acres of ranch land and panther habitat in eastern Collier County. Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet, expressing unhappiness, agreed Tuesday to …
Florida Preserves More Environmentally Sensitive Working Land
Central Florida Ranchers Preserve More than 3,700 Acres of Environmentally Sensitive Working Land From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Governor and Cabinet today unanimously approved the preservation of more than 3,700 acres of agricultural land in Osceola County from development, while allowing the land and agriculture operations to continue to contribute to Florida’s …
2016 Flavors of Florida
The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) put on the third annual Flavors of Florida event at the UF President’s House in Gainesville on May 9. The event was designed to showcase the edible research products of the UF/IFAS Plant Innovation Center and celebrate the accomplishments of Field and Fork (the campus food pantry) and other …
Many Issues Waiting on Congress
We’ve talked before about the fact this is an election year, and thus not a lot of action by our lawmakers will actually take place between now and November. But National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Colin Woodall, says there are a lot of issues out there that are important to agriculture. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture …
People’s Garden
The concept of the People’s Garden is generally one that’s tended by volunteers and a lot of the food from it donated to local food banks and such. Cathy Isom gives us why the number of so-called “People’s Gardens” has grown so rapidly in the last seven years and why we could soon be seeing even more of them soon. …