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As orange prices boom and crops plummet worldwide, scientists in Central Florida lead the search for citrus greening solutions with genetic engineering.
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Researchers and farmers continue the search for long-term solutions to an insect-spread illness called laurel wilt.
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A three-day festival will be held on the island of Palm Beach starting March 8 to highlight the achievements of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The farmworker-driven program ensures workers know their rights, farmers adhere to them and retailers do their part as well.
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A proposal aimed at helping what are known as “food recovery” programs, such as food banks, get discounted prices for fresh foods moved forward in the Florida House, with lawmakers looking at a pilot program to help curb food insecurity in the state.
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Around 90% of the flowers sold at florists and supermarkets in the United States actually pass through Miami International Airport, arriving on hundreds of flights from South America.
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The newest food benefits program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture will officially launch in the summer of 2024. The deadline for states to sign up was Jan. 1.
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Gleaning involves picking perfectly good fruits and vegetables from farmers' fields after the harvest, so they can be donated to food banks.
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A new app called Too Good To Go gives customers a chance to buy bags of perfectly edible food at cut-rate prices as an innovative way to reduce food waste.
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Nonprofit Feeding South Florida tells WLRN even middle-class families are asking for help during the holidays in this affordability crisis, while some kids worry about not having school meals during holiday breaks.
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South Florida activists held a “water fast” to urge Miami−Dade commissioners to pass an ordinance to protect almost 100,000 people required to work outdoors during record high temperatures.
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The pilot program is starting small with hopes of serving many more patients with a variety of chronic conditions.
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The Palm Beach County Commission is expected on Wednesday to take up a controversial luxury development proposal from GL Homes that has drawn intense criticism from many environmental experts and residents.