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Agriculture
Selling home grown veggies to your community
Today we had the pleasure to speak with 2 guests. Tracy Tippen from Hope Spot. The Hope Spot Festival is celebrating our coastal waters. The Florida Gulf Coast Hope Spot runs from Apalachicola down to...
Sustainable living: Brick Street Farms and lemonGRAFT
During today’s sustainable living show we talked to Andy O’Malley and Shannon O’Malley about hydroponics in shipping containers.
Sustainable Living: Tampa Bay Water and Southside Fresh Market St. Pete
During today's sustainable living show (11/01/2021), we talked to Amelia Brown and Brandon Moore from Tampa Bay water.
Sustainable Living: citrus greening
During today’s (10/25/2021) sustainable living show we talked to Niki Barber, who managed a lab at the University of Florida in the department of Plant Pathology and just completed her graduate degree.
Florida man uses COVID stimulus to build garden, spread message of food independence
An East Tampa man is gaining notoriety after he used his COVID-19 stimulus check to start a garden at his home. He’s trying to share his produce with the neighborhood and teach others about food...
A union representing farm workers across the country Thursday delivered a petition to the U.S. Department of Labor calling for an end to what it calls corrupt practices among labor contractors who hire migrant workers...
What has the Florida Legislature done in the last 2 days?
(Originally published 4/26/2019) A lot. Florida’s legislature has 60 days (though special sessions can be, and are often, called) to make lots of laws. In odd numbered years, like 2019, the session begins the first...
A Discussion About Florida’s Springs And What Is Being Done To Protect Them
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 07/26/19 from the drop down menu https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: This summer we may see a record number of heat index days reaching over 100 degrees. While environmentalists continue to...
Environmental group names multi-billion dollar firm Cargill as the ‘Worst Company in the World’
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 07/16/19 from the drop down menu https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning- welcome to radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up- a new study looks at what might be the worst...
How will renegotiated NAFTA affect Florida agriculture and farmworkers?
President Donald Trump made a campaign promise to renegotiate the NAFTA trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada; the new agreement still has to be finalized and ratified by Congress. To find out how...
The Green New Deal is the Progressive Green Dream. What exactly does it address? The Green New Deal, spurred on by last October’s Special Report on Global Warming, has three goals, as outlined by Rep....
Florida’s Natural Ecosystem & Prescribed Burn on the Sustainable Living show
On Monday’s WMNF Sustainable Living Program our topic was Preserving and Improving Florida’s Natural Ecosystem. Prescribed burning is one method of management of natural areas and this year’s Fire Fest is happening in Sarasota County...
