Florida Grower April 2017
In This Issue
CEU Series: Avoid Mishaps When Handling Pesticides
Education can effectively reduce the risk of a spill and the harm it may cause.
Since When Did Eating Get So Complicated? [Opinion]
The bottom line to all this is the way we eat is undergoing massive disruption.
Packaging: A Powerful Way for Farmers to Reach Consumers
Growers have few opportunities to communicate with end users. Paying mind to what’s on the outside can help sell a lot of what’s inside.
Biologicals Gaining Acceptance Among More Growers
Driven by new innovation and consumer demand, growers look to the biocontrol sector for new solutions.
Prevent Alternaria from Putting Your Snap Beans on the Spot
Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this vegetable disease.
Unfair Trade Taking Its Toll on Florida Farmers
Local grower community hopeful over President Trump’s announced intention to renegotiate NAFTA.
UCF Stepping up to Be Farming’s Knight in Shining Armor
Hopes are high that the school’s new agriculture research center will help growers solve production issues and feed the globe.
Experimental Citrus Groves Disappearing in Florida
Challenges to growth expand as vital research is in dire need of a home.
Can Your Farm Survive If the Grid Goes Down? Can You?
Even in a plugged-in world, the basics are needed now more than ever.