Tag: Thanksgiving

Staff ReportsNovember 21, 2018
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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 […]

Staff ReportsNovember 21, 2018
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Though most narratives render the American Thanksgiving as an extension of the English Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock, there is strong evidence that Florida experienced its own versions of the same holiday. Specifically, Northeast Florida, where explorers landed decades before the Pilgrims reached Massachusetts, as the Jacksonville Historical Society notes. “Fifty-six years before the Pilgrims celebrated their […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 19, 2018
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“I’m not lazy. I’m just a mom trying to feed my special needs son.” That’s the message on an enormous poster hanging from rafters over pallets of canned food and other non-perishable items at the Feeding Tampa Bay warehouse in Tampa. The nonprofit agency serves 10 counties and feeds people throughout the region every day […]

Guest AuthorNovember 19, 2018
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On Thanksgiving, millions of American tables will be filled with turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and other goodies. If past is indeed prologue, we won’t be bashful. In any given year, the United States spends nearly $2.4 billion on food for Thanksgiving. Each year, 51 million turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving, which comes to 736 million pounds. […]

Staff ReportsNovember 19, 2018
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Koch-backed group Americans for Prosperity announced a volley of direct mailers, digital ads and phone banking to spread the word on what the organization is thankful for this Thanksgiving. Four issues got the spotlight in the newly announced ad buys: Reigning in federal spending, supporting a fix for the Dreamers, criminal justice reform and opposition […]


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