Central Florida Ag News December 2012 Web Exclusive Feature

A “new deal” has recently been established in United States agriculture and though it is not like FDR’s New Deal, it has also been created to economically boost United States farmers and businesses.

The United States and country of Panama have introduced a new agreement, the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (or Panama TPA), which will allow easier exportation of U.S. goods into Panama’s markets.

Web Exclusive Feature: Central Florida Ag News October 2012 Edition

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Antonio Mancini left Italy for America in 1904.

It’s a long and tasty story, but the family’s roasted red Florida peppers and more were on display for food professionals to see (and buy) at the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Show in Orlando recently.

The family firm, centered in Zolfo Springs since 1940, packs peppers from Florida and they go all around the country. You can buy them in jars in supermarkets including Publix.

Down the aisle and around the corner was Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company. The firm is five generations of Indian River citrus growers and the fresh-squeezed juice started to flow in 1990.

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Summer is officially over and we all have to get back to our daily grind – our day jobs – although the work for the garden is hardly finished.  As human beings we live for moments where we feel that our work is not in vain.

Web Exclusive Feature: Central Florida Ag News July 2012 Edition

"I’ve really grown up around agriculture. It's a lifestyle. But it doesn't mean that you wear straw hats. It doesn't mean you wear red plaid, flannel shirts. You do urban things. You go out and work with science and engineering. But you always come back to: “Oh, I need to go feed the cows; have we let the horses out?” So that’s part of what defines agriculture. But, it's not just "cows, sows, and plows." Brendan Register

At his fernery near Seville, Florida, Register posed for a photograph being made by Eric Dusenbery, executive director and photographer of the nonprofit organization Cinderic Documentaries Inc. (CDI).