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Jenny Jacoby/WLRNTaking advantage of Florida’s warm climate, gardeners are growing tropical fruits that can’t be found anywhere else in the continental U.S. right in their own backyards — including mangosteen, South American ackee, Puerto Rican achacha and even crossover fruits like the chempejack, a combination of jackfruit and Southeast Asian cempedak. -
Allison Dinner/APEight South Florida chefs are joining more than 150 nationwide in urging Congress to protect children from going hungry. They are speaking out against proposed deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, which helps low-income families buy groceries.
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As egg prices have gone up, some Florida residents are crowing about raising their own chickens. -
The guide’s arrival gives chefs a chance to prove the county has cast off its reputation as ‘Grandma’s Palm Beach.' -
Family-run business on U.S. 1 near Donald Ross Road thrives despite citrus disease, online competition. -
The federal farm bill was last updated in 2018. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson wants state lawmakers to allocate around $50 million to help farmers impacted by the hurricanes. -
Feeding South Florida CEO Paco Vélez says food-insecure families face a holiday season where they have to make a choice between paying for housing and medications over food and gifts for their children. -
Across the county, hundreds of families experienced the warmth of holiday generosity as organizations and community leaders worked to offer not just food, but a sense of unity in an era of political division and rising stress. -
Advocates of the technology say it will ease the sector’s labor shortage, help farmers manage rising costs, and provide workers with respite from extreme weather — issues that are closely related to climate change. -
Before Ernie Fidanza could launch his Jupiter restaurant, he had to tame the ghosts. -
Get your apple cider, wild blueberry, red velvet, double chocolate or party cake flavors at the counter. -
This time last year, we had more mangoes than we knew what to do with. But this year’s mango season in South Florida has been a bust. A University of Florida expert explains why the weather, and even last season’s bonanza, are to blame.
