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After Worst Harvest in 8 Decades, Florida Citrus Industry Is Losing Its Iconic Status

May 14, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Florida’s overall citrus production for the current season to 49.65 million boxes, the lowest cumulative mark since the 1937-38 season, when 40.87 million boxes were filled.

Growers Defend Annual Burning of Sugarcane Fields as Environmentalists Prepare to Sue

September 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The burns, regulated by the Florida Forest Service, are intended to make it easier for harvest machines to cut down and collect the stalks, but they emit pollutants such as benzene and formaldehyde.

Bill Gates: The Rich World’s Responsibility to Those Who’ll Suffer Most From Global Warming

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Climate change can’t be stopped tomorrow, but its devastating effects on millions of the poorest farmers can be reduced if richer countries invest in cleaner technologies now, and help farmers better adapt, Bill Gates writes.

Can This Guy Help Save Florida Oranges? State Unveils $1 Million Captain Citrus

September 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The muscled-up Captain Citrus, intended to help boost Florida citrus sales while fighting evil, has undergone a $1 million head-to-toe makeover with the help of comic-book giant Marvel Entertainment. He was unveiled Tuesday by the Department of Citrus at a comic-book store in Tampa.

Ending American Agriculture’s Unhealthy Journey Toward the $4.99 Bag of Potato Chips

February 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

We can’t begin to reduce our surging healthcare costs in this country without addressing affordability and accessibility to healthier foods, by not educating the users of the system on personal responsibility and choices, and by moving toward more locally grown food, argues Milissa Holland.

GOP Attempt to Slash Food Stamps Eligibility Would Hurt Flagler and Florida Families

July 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

If Republicans get their way, the food stamps program as it is now now could become as much a relic as these old food stamp books. (NCReedplayer)

Republican efforts in Congress would end the food stamps program as it is now known, hugely reducing funding and eligibility, and significantly affecting Florida and Flagler families–and local economies. Some 9 percent of Flagler’s population, and 23 percent of children, are on food stamps.

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