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Fri, 2013-08-02 01:50 — Albert Gomez
A digital space for all SFL Urban Agriculture-related groups can promote their activities, networks and reach.

A digital space for all SFL Urban Agriculture-related groups can promote their activities, networks and reach.

 

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=10134

 

http://www.miamigov.com/msi/pages/

 

http://earthenvironment.fiu.edu/

 

http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/agriculture/index.shtml

 

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honeybee/

 

http://www.montgomerybotanical.org/

 

http://www.fairchildgarden.org/

 

http://conservatory.fiu.edu/

 

http://treemendousmiami.org/

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A Growing Number of Young Americans are Leaving Desk Jobs to Farm

Mon, 2017-12-04 08:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Rachel Clement picks purple mustard before the first hard freeze of the season at Owl’s Nest Farm in Upper Marlboro, Md., on Nov. 9. Many women, highly educated and city-bred, are taking to the farm life. Clement has worked at the farm since August. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)

washingtonpost.com - by Caitlin Dewey - November 23, 2017

Liz Whitehurst dabbled in several careers before she ended up here, crating fistfuls of fresh-cut arugula in the early-November chill.

The hours were better at her nonprofit jobs. So were the benefits. But two years ago, the 32-year-old Whitehurst — who graduated from a liberal arts college and grew up in the Chicago suburbs — abandoned Washington for this three-acre farm in Upper Marlboro, Md.

She joined a growing movement of highly educated, ex-urban, first-time farmers who are capitalizing on booming consumer demand for local and sustainable foods and who, experts say, could have a broad impact on the food system.

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United States
General Topic Tags: 
Agriculture
Food
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Situation Report

‘Devastating’ year for growers leads to higher produce prices in stores

Tue, 2016-03-01 12:38 — Maeryn Obley

miamiherald.com - February 19th 2016 - Susan Jacobson

Heads of cabbage cover the ground as far as the eye can see at Long & Scott Farms.

Some are softball-size, while others approach the girth of a soccer ball. The smaller heads are maturing too slowly, and there’s a risk they won’t be ready by the prime selling time of St. Patrick’s Day.

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US - SouthEast
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Agriculture
Climate
Economics
Food
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Problem

House Initiative - 522 - 2013-14 , House Digest, House Bill Analysis

Wed, 2013-08-07 19:36 — Albert Gomez

 

INITIATIVE 522

I, Sam Reed, Secretary of State of the State of Washington and custodian of its seal, hereby certify that, according to the records on file in my office, the attached copy of Initiative Measure No. 522 to the Legislature is a true and correct copy as it was received by this office.

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