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Agriculture

Coffeeland. Restoring Eden.

Augustine Sedgewick – Coffeeland: One Man’s Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug What do you know about coffee? A wonderful new book will change how you look at – or taste coffee...
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The University of Florida plans a Hillsborough facility for artificial intelligence in agriculture

The University of Florida will build a new center in Hillsborough County to bolster the use of artificial intelligence in agriculture.
The Scoop: WMNF Daily News Digest

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Monday, July 24th, 2023

DeSantis and Harris butt heads When he was campaigning in Utah on Friday, a reporter asked Governor Ron DeSantis about Florida’s new state teaching standards that say that “slaves developed skills” that could be used...
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Pete and Colleen Sessa discuss cannabis and psychedelics ahead of St. Pete’s Cannadelic Summer

Pete and Colleen Sessa are co-founders of the Florida Cannabis Coalition, which is organizing Cannadelic Summer in St. Petersburg, Florida on Saturday, July 15 (full disclosure: Ray Roa’s employer, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay is also...

Scholars sound alarm on hunger crisis

Listen: Scholars and experts met at the University of South Florida today to sound the alarm on the global hunger crisis. This comes as global hunger becomes a bigger issue post-pandemic. The event was part...

Episode 11, 05/01/2023-Entrepreneurship Series: Merric Jackson, a young entrepreneur as a Chef and Real Estate Broker

Becoming a young entrepreneur could offer a higher quality of life as a business owner; you learn to problem solve and grow your business in multifaceted industries.  

Food insecurity solutions reviewed at SPC panel

Listen: NEWS AgricultureVP0223 WMNF’s Camilla Carrero reports on a panel discussion hosted by the St. Petersburg College Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions about the $9 billion dollar agriculture industry. Urban agriculture is increasing in popularity, as...

Sustainable Living: State Fairs

Today we talked with several organizations from Florida that will be at the state fair from FEBRUARY 9-20, 2023.

Sustainable Living: Community involvement

On this week’s show of Sustainable Living, we had Michelle Meetze James, and she has all the plant obsessions.

WaveMakers: Wish Farms CEO Gary Wishnatzki

Wish Farms CEO Gary Wishnatzki talks about the company's founding by his grandfather, a Ukrainian immigrant with a pushcart, and the future of farming.

WaveMaker: Urban farmer Travis Malloy

Urban farmer Travis Malloy talks about his journey from punk rocker to the corporate world to sustainable living.
Vegetables

Connecting local farms to the community at Florida Farm Finder

Jillian is the creator of Florida Farm Finder. She is working to bridging the gap between small farms and their clientele.

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