Florida Ag Recap Week of Dec 14-18
| December 18, 2009 | Posted by admin under Agriculture, Business, News, Produce |
Here’s what was going on this week in the world of Florida agriculture (via our twitter @freshfromFL)
- We reached our 1,500 followers on twitter on Monday! Thanks @LuxuryHomesFla!
- This week’s Florida Commissioner’s Spotlight was on the Florida Ag Stats Directory
- Florida seafood available this week: Red grouper, scamp, mangrove snapper, beeliner snapper, swordfish, mako shark, amberjack and yellowfin tuna
- Starting this week, Whole Foods stores across the state are hosting South Florida Chefs for cooking demos and Q&A sessions
- A new community farmers market opened in Bradenton
- Pine Island’s “Captain Dick” released his own cookbook of Florida seafood favorites
- Florida company Farmhouse Tomatoes Inc. expanded their production and now ships nationally
- USDA is sponsoring a gaming competition that encourages healthy eating among kids
- A new farmers market opened in Titusville yesterday… look for a blog post about it later
- The Florida Cabinet recognized 2010 as the Year of Florida State Parks
- More Florida produce is being sold overseas in the UK now (via @EdibleSoFla)
- A new bill could potentially put salad bars and locally grown produce in US schools
