October 30th from 6pm to 9pm in Marshall Center (MSC 2709) the Women’s Federation for World Peace USF and F.A.R.M. will be hosting a Food Day Soiree for all of the food interest/gardening groups to come together make our local food system more just and sustainable! Free dinner from Evos and the Loving Hut will […]
University of South Florida presents the 2011 Fall Plant Festival October 8 & 9. Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 10am-3pm at the Botanical Gardens with over 50 Vendors! Still the Tampa Bay area’s largest fall plant sale, shoppers will find a wide variety of plants from edibles to ornamentals like crotons, aroids, gingers, orchids, begonias, bamboo, bonsai, […]
Image Source Excerpt from Huffington Post article: This isn’t your typical, garden-variety crime. After a warning, a ticket and now a misdemeanor charge, an Oak Park, Mich., woman faces up to 93 days in jail for refusing to remove a vegetable crop from her front lawn. Julie Bass says that she thought it would be […]
The University of Florida’s (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Focus Team are pleased to announce that the third annual Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference will be held in Kissimmee, Florida July 15 – 17, 2011. Registration for the third annual […]
Growing Greener! Gulfport Organic Landscaping Days, a FREE family event, will be held Saturday, June 18th at the Gulfport Casino. Join us for a fun day of learning and activities. Lots of give-aways, live music and tasty fresh food. Growing Greener! is aiming for zero waste! Please bring your own eating utensils. Where: Gulfport Casino, […]
By Christian Wells In March of 2008, the Sustainable Endowment Institute’s College Sustainability Report Card informed the University of South Florida that we had earned a D+ in our efforts to “go green.” But all of this was set to change very rapidly over the next three years when, in April of 2008, USF President […]
Editor’s Note: If you live in Hillsborough County and are interested in its future, mark May 17 on your calendar. This is an innovative program, and one EF fully supports. This planning event is a way for your voice to be heard. You can make a difference. It really is not too late. Via Hillsborough […]
Last Friday several founding members of Ecology Florida ventured out into the warm evening air to meet the Citizens of New Port Richey. As the sponsors of the Free Movie Friday event, Ecology Florida helped to show that learning about saving our planet and being aware of the impact of our actions, can be a […]
Thanks to the forward looking Marion County Extension Service and the Board of County Commissioners, you can now easily find small farms and farmers in your area through their website. You will quickly discover that it is not just about farmers, but also a wide range of agricultural goods and services, from cattle and llamas […]
Do you love fresh produce? Then come out to the 1st ever USF Farmers Market on Tuesday Apr 19th from 11-3. It will be on the lawn by the topiary bull. The produce line-up has not all been finalized with the farmers but will include some of the following listed below. The first one will […]
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