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Staff ReportsFebruary 10, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday named sugar industry insider Barbara Miedema to the board of Trustees of Palm Beach State College. Miedema, of Wellington, is vice president for public affairs and communications at the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. She replaces William Berger for a term ending May 31, 2019. Miedema has made news […]

Phil AmmannAugust 11, 2016

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Incoming Senate President Joe Negron is pushing a $2.4 billion purchase of 60,000 acres of land south of Lake Okeechobee to store excess water and ease the effects of discharging polluted runoff. Announced Tuesday, the plan, which represents a major break in one of the state’s most divisive environmental battles, took the sugar industry by […]

Staff ReportsNovember 3, 2015

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Darrell Smith told a Senate appropriations panel that voluntary standards adopted by the agriculture industry in South Florida – so-called “best management practices,” in Capitol-speak – are helping to clean up the Everglades by reducing water waste and nutrient levels. The practices include new water control structures to help slow the […]

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