The state is trying to persuade growers to enroll in a voluntary program to reduce pollution into area waterways. The figures below show that the state still has a ways to go in signing up a majority of the growers. ...more

November 18, 2007

Days after an Apollo Beach church's trailer was stolen with Thanksgiving food for the poor inside, the church has received more than enough food donations to rebound. ...more

November 15, 2007

An Apollo Beach church's trailer filled with Thanksgiving food for the needy has been stolen. The trailer was taken sometime between Sunday afternoon and this morning from Calvary Lutheran Church's satellite property in the Ruskin area. A broken lock was found on the property. ...more

November 13, 2007

LAKE PLACID — It all depends on who you talk to. Some call the vendors who hawk fresh vegetables along the roadside "squatters," while regular customers talk about bargains. As the local growing seasons change, the fare varies from strawberries to oranges and melons. A pair of longtime produce vendors along U.S. 27 – just north of the Lake Placid town border – don't know whose property they sell from. ...more

November 12, 2007

Highlands County third-graders are in for special treat this week and it has nothing to do with Halloween. It has everything to do with agriculture, as the young students will be able to participate in the 8th annual Ag-Venture on Tuesday at the Highlands County Fairgrounds in Sebring. The agricultural community comes together in an effort to educate children about the importance of agriculture not only in Highlands County but in the state as well as the country. ...more

October 28, 2007