Farming

Florida is well known for it's sweet oranges, juicy tomatoes, and tart grapefruits, making it easy for "locavores" to eat locally-grown fruits and…

NASA is betting the future of space travel relies, in part, on farming in space—and the agency is turning to farming and fertilizer experts in Sarasota to…

Sustainable food production is the next step in advancing manned space travel, and NASA has already begun growing vegetables on the International Space…

For two decades, Florida has had an annual limit on how much phosphorous can flow out of the Everglades Agricultural Area -- a region of farmland south...

South Florida farmers and their crops are hurting after a hot fall and wet winter. The region provides vegetables to about 150 million consumers this time…

Farmworker advocates are celebrating the recently announced updates to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Agricultural Worker Protection Standard.…

The Florida Citrus Commission unanimously appointed Shannon Shepp as interim executive director of the Florida Department of Citrus on Wednesday. Shepp...

Food stamp recipients in Florida are buying a lot more from farmers and farmers markets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says expanding access to...

Governor Rick Scott is getting mixed reviews for pulling the plug on so-called “water farming.” Scott vetoed more than $31 million that paid landowners...

There’s less than a week left for Florida growers to remain eligible for crop insurance. It’s especially important for other classes of growers who can...