Year: 2018

  • Loquat News #31 – December 2018

    Florida Loquat News The Newsletter of The Florida Loquat Festival No. 31 December 27, 2018 Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit An Ecology Florida/Friendship Farms & Fare Annual Event Sixth Annual Florida Loquat Festival March 23, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Frances Avenue Park New Port Richey Mark Your Calendars The sixth annual Florida Loquat Festival…

  • 500 Million Plastic Straws a Day? Let’s Go With the Paper

    500 Million Plastic Straws a Day? Let’s Go With the Paper

    Part I of a three-part series on plastics an Ecology Florida Editorial A trending ecological initiative is the contra-straw movement.  USA Today has a good short article on the “anti-straw movement,” and Fast Company has an article about cities that have banned or are considering banning the plastic drinking tubes.  As it pertains to Florida,…

  • Florida Loquat Festival News – No. 30 – September 2018

    Florida Loquat Festival News – No. 30 – September 2018

    Florida Loquat Festival News – No. 30 September 2018 Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit An Ecology Florida/Friendship Farms & Fare Annual Event Florida Loquat News The Newsletter of The Florida Loquat Festival No. 30 September 10, 2018 ANNUAL LABOR DAY EDITION Published by Ecology Florida and Friendship Farms & Fare First Flowers Edition Florida Loquat News…

  • Florida Loquat News #29, July 2018

    Florida Loquat News #29, July 2018

    Florida Loquat News The Newsletter of The Florida Loquat Festival Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit No. 29 July 15, 2018 Published by Ecology Florida and Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.ecologyflorida.org/ https://tarrylane.wixsite.com/friendship Here is Your Post-Festival issue of the Florida Loquat News Poets, planners, canners, volunteers, vendors, and sponsors at the 2018 Florida Loquat Festival. Fifth Annual…

  • University of Florida IFAS: Invasive Species Cost ‘Tens of Millions’, Seeks Help

    University of Florida IFAS: Invasive Species Cost ‘Tens of Millions’, Seeks Help

    By Jack Payne A snake so voracious it can swallow a fully-grown deer prowls the Everglades. An insect’s arrival in Florida seemed innocuous enough until the discovery that it carries a fungus that kills avocado trees. A spiny newcomer to Florida is eating fish that could have been on your plate, and it is wreaking…

  • Florida Loquat Festival Update – Event Edition – March 24, 2018

    Florida Loquat Festival Update – Event Edition – March 24, 2018

    Florida Loquat Festival Update March 2018 A Special Loquat Festival Update The Florida Loquat Festival Fifth Anniversary America’s Only Loquat Festival March 24, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Frances Avenue Park New Port Richey Commemorative Brochure The Florida Loquat Festival: Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit Fifth Annual Celebration March 24, 2018 Tentative Program 10:00 Welcome…

  • Florida Loquat Festival News #28 – March 2018

    Florida Loquat Festival News #28 – March 2018

     Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit An Ecology Florida/Friendship Farms & Fare Annual Event The Florida Loquat Festival Fifth Anniversary America’s Only Loquat Festival March 24, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Frances Avenue Park New Port Richey Commemorative Brochure The Florida Loquat Festival: Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit Fifth Annual Celebration March 24, 2018 Tentative Program 10:00…

  • Florida Loquat News #27 – January 2018

    Florida Loquat News #27 – January 2018

    Florida Loquat News The Newsletter of The Florida Loquat Festival No. 27 January 18, 2017 2018 Florida Loquat Festival March 24, 2018 – 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Frances Avenue Park, New Port Richey Mark Your Calendars The 2018 Florida Loquat Festival will be Saturday March 24. Mark your calendars and make arrangements now to…