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Franken Farms Labs labels cans as activism to draw awareness to March Against Monsanto and GMOs listen
05/22/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Monsanto, March Against Monsanto, Franken Farms, GMO, genetically modified food, organic, food, farming
This Saturday there will be coordinated protests across the country and around the world opposing genetically modified foods and the company Monsanto.
There are even March Against Monsanto rallies planned in Tampa and St. Petersburg.
In the meantime some activists have printed food label...
1 commentsSmall farms under threat from the FDA in "Farmageddon" listen
08/12/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Farmageddon, agriculture, FDA, USDA, food, farming, farms, Organic food, Organic, organic farming, organic gardening
Federal and state laws can create hurdles for small farmers, who face raids and arrests for such things as selling raw milk to customers. A new film, called Farmageddon, documents the struggles of independent farmers. Hundreds of people attended sold out screenings in Tampa.
Many viewers were shocked to find that all over the United States, federal food regulators are shutting down businesses, throwing fresh food in the garbage, and raiding families’ homes; ...
2 commentsLocal Permaculture
05/02/11 Jon ButtsSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: farming, organic, organic farming, food, permaculture, fishing, grouper, conservation, Ocean Conservancy
To start today’s program the Deputy Director of the Ocean Conservancy’s Fish Conservation Program Libby Fetherston join the program to talk about new limits on Grouper fishing in the Gulf. Their will be a public meeting at the Carlyon Hilton in St Pete on May 3 starting at 6:30 PM. To look at the agenda you can check out the www.oceanconservacy.org web site.
Next up a local Permaculture Design Robert Segundo join the program to talk about some general pri...
Be the first to commentSupporters ask Hillsborough County to support zoning for Sweetwater Organic Farm listen
02/16/11 Zack BaddorfWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: farming, organic, organic farming, food
Sweetwater Organic Farm in Tampa was recently issued a code violation for conducting agricultural activities on residentially-zoned property. The non-profit farm has been operating since 1995 and has received an agricultural exemption. Tuesday night, the farm asked Hillsborough County for the property to be rezoned in order to continue their organic farming.
About fifty supporters of the Sweetwater Organic Farm showed up at the zoning hearing and stayed for hours until it was time to pres...
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02/07/11 Sadia AhmedWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: farming, organic, organic farming, chickens, food
Organic animal farming is becoming more popular. Consumer awareness of some negative health effects of inorganic chickens and eggs is increasing. WMNF’s Sadia Ahmed reports on the differences between organic animal farming and factory farming.
Live Oak resident Denis Stoltzfoos, provides organic meat, milk, and eggs to 200 families in Florida. The owner of Full Circle farm has been in the organic poultry farming business for last 8 years. Organic farming differs greatly from factory farmi...
1 commentsCluck and Backyard Chickens
01/10/11 Jon ButtsRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: farming, organic, organic farming, chickens, law, environment
On today’s program our special guest was Jono Miller a teacher at New College and resident of Sarasota. Jono’s heading up an effort to get an ordinance adopted by the city of Sarasota to allow backyard chickens on January 18. His initiative is called CLUCK (Citizen’s Lobbying for Urban Chicken Keeping) and you can check out the blog at sarasotacluck.blogspot.com.
Plus founder and executive director of Tampa Premier Community Supported Agriculture proj...
Be the first to commentStudents learn about organic gardening In St. Pete listen
03/06/09 Arielle StevensonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kent Curtis, Peggy McCabe, Mark Johnson, Organic, Sweetwater, Lakewood Elementary, St. Petersburg
For many students at St. Petersburg’s Lakewood Elementary, few were aware that food came from the ground, and not from their local supermarket.
But when an organic garden built by students from Eckerd College’s Environmental Science Department was planted on the school grounds, that all changed.
The students planted raised beds with a variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs. Lakewood students work with Eckerd students throughout the day, tending the plants.
Peggy McCabe is a scie...
Be the first to commentStudent dining choices at USF questioned
12/22/08 Sadia AhmedWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, Healthy food choice, Organic
University of South Florida offers education to more than 40,000 students on its Tampa campus. As a result, USF student dining carries great importance for such a large body of students. Some say the school fails to meet its student and staff needs when it comes to the number of food vendors and healthy food choices. The Tampa campus offers only a handful of vendors such as Burger King, Beef O'Brady's, Chick-Fil-A in the fast food category, and Subway and Einstein bagel in the relatively heal...
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