Tag: Florida
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Florida Loquat News #35 – July 2019
Florida Loquat News The Newsletter of The Florida Loquat Festival Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit No. 35 July 1, 2019 Published by Ecology Florida and Friendship Farms & Fare https://www.ecologyflorida.org/ Find the Florida Loquat Festival on Facebook Here is Your Post-Festival issue of the Florida Loquat News 2019 Annual Loquat Festival Tremendous Success Largest Attendance in Festival…
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Florida Loquat News #33 – March 2019
The Newsletter of The Florida Loquat Festival No. 33 March 8, 2019 Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit An Ecology Florida/Friendship Farms & Fare Annual Event Here Comes the Festival! 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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Guest Column: What Irma Taught Us
What Irma Taught Us Dell deChant Remembering Donna I was six years old in 1960 when hurricane Donna scared the dickens out of me. Irma followed a similar path, and I suspect it was just as scary to six-year-olds today as Donna was to me in our little house on Beach Drive in St. Petersburg.…
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Florida Loquat Festival News #23 – June 2017
Florida Loquat Festival News – No. 23 June 2017 Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit An Ecology Florida/Friendship Farms & Fare Annual Event Florida Loquat News The Newsletter of The Florida Loquat Festival No. 23 June 17, 2017 Celebrating Florida’s Urban Fruit An Ecology Florida/Friendship Farms & Fare Annual Event Here is Your Post-Festival issue of the…