A.G. GancarskiFebruary 5, 2020
6min565
Commissioner Fried opposed, to no avail.
Tag: Department of Agriculture
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 5, 2020
Ryan NicolJanuary 27, 2020
3min952
Albury will replace Jim Karels, who is retiring.
Ryan NicolJanuary 5, 2020
5min853
The legislation would protect endangered and threatened species even after those classifications have been removed by the feds.
Ryan NicolJanuary 3, 2020
4min369
Her bill will serve as a companion measure to legislation from Democratic state Sen. José Javier Rodríguez.
Ryan NicolMay 8, 2019
4min428
“Addressing our state’s water issues was one of my top priorities when running for this office."
Scott PowersJanuary 17, 2019
12min2413
"Whether or not they have to smoke it, who am I to judge that?"
Staff ReportsNovember 21, 2018
3min206
As families prepare to gather for Thanksgiving, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam and the Florida Forest Service (FFS) have issued safety tips to help prevent fires. The nation’s attention has been on California in recent weeks where severe fires have claimed dozens of lives. With that, Putnam and the FFS have seven primary tips for families looking to […]
Danny McAuliffeJune 12, 2018
6min253
While unchanged from May, the latest and last forecast of the 2017-2018 orange growing season is a brutal reminder of Hurricane Irma’s devastation. On Tuesday, the United States Department of Agriculture forecast Florida would produce 44.95 million boxes of oranges in total. That’s a continuation from May forecasts, which saw a slight dip from April. […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 5, 2017
7min512
If you would have told Denise Grimsley in December she was about to launch a run for statewide office, she probably wouldn’t have believed you. It wasn’t something she was thinking about back then. She had already filed for re-election in the Florida Senate, but was starting to think about whether she wanted to run […]
Brendan FarringtonMarch 20, 2017
3min243
A small, all-natural dairy isn’t being deceptive when it calls its skim milk “skim milk,” a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a victory for the creamery that’s fighting the state’s demand to label the product “imitation” because vitamins aren’t added to it. The ruling overturns a decision last March when a federal judge sided […]