As VISTA Gardens finalizes designs for the hydroponic farm and community garden, the plan also includes an educational component. ...more

December 2, 2009

The koala moved gingerly on scorched paws, crossing the blackened landscape as the fire patrol passed. Clearly in pain, the animal stopped when it saw firefighter David Tree following behind. ...more

February 10, 2009

The South Florida Water Management District faces a Tuesday deadline to decide whether to pay $1.34 billion to the struggling U.S. Sugar Corp. for its farmland. ...more

December 14, 2008

The board of the South Florida Water Management District has approved changes to a deal to buy U.S. Sugar Corps' land in the Everglades. ...more

November 13, 2008

The state has agreed to pay the nation's biggest producer of sugar cane $1.34 billion, instead of the $1.75 billion originally proposed, under a revised deal to buy up vast tracts of farmland to restore the Everglades, the company said in statements Tuesday. ...more

November 12, 2008

It is the tradition of this column every year at this time to relate the story of Thanksgiving. For source material, I rely on the accounts of William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth Bay Colony for 30 years between 1621 and 1656. Bradford's history "Of Plimoth Plantation" first was published in 1856. ...more

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