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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:59 Written by Ben Taylor

This article was published in the October 2012 edition of Central Florida Health News Magazine

’Tis the Season for Strawberries: Strategy and Work That Goes into a Crop

by Dale Bliss

As you enjoy a sweet bowl of strawberry shortcake this season know that many weeks of planning, tending, and caring for crops went into this delectable treat that is, and has been for many years, the signature of Plant City. Carl and Dee Dee Grooms, of Fancy Farms, have been farming for over 30 years. Grooms explains, “Farming is something that we love and have a heartfelt commitment to. We feel that we need to help keep farming, of any kind, alive and growing.”

FLORIDA CITRUS HALL OF FAME RECEIVES HONORARIUM IN MEMORY OF BERT E. ROPER

Tuesday, 31 July 2012 14:18 Written by News Desk

(Lakeland, Fla.) – The Florida Citrus, Business & Industries Fund (FCBI) recently donated a $1,500 honorarium to the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame in memory of Bert E. Roper, who passed away on July 4. The honorarium will be used by the Hall of Fame to fund a summer intern to work on preservation efforts with the Florida Citrus Archives at Florida Southern College, in Lakeland.

RABIES - USA (12): (ALABAMA) RACCOON, HUMAN EXPOSURE

Monday, 02 July 2012 15:26 Written by Jeff Dute

Members of a rural Walker County family took home 2 baby raccoons found in a Baldwin County attic, unaware that one of them had rabies, according to information from state veterinarian Dee Jones.

A baby raccoon taken from the attic of a Baldwin County home, transported to rural Walker County, and later found to be infected with the rabies virus has resulted in the exposure of more than 20 people, who likely will have to endure a regimen of rabies preventative vaccines. Those exposed to the disease -- 14 people in Walker County and as many as 9 in Baldwin -- may be required to undergo regimens of rabies shots, he said.

The situation, Jones said, shows the dangers of taking in "cute, cuddly raccoons."

Dana Johnson, district rabies biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Montgomery, said that the exposure of more than 20 people marks the largest such case in his 8 years in his position.

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR THE FLORIDA CITRUS HALL OF FAME

Thursday, 15 September 2011 02:49 Written by News Desk

Lakeland, Fla. --- Nominations are open on September 1, 2011 for potential inductees to The Florida Citrus Hall of Fame, with induction ceremonies scheduled to take place on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. The luncheon is co-sponsored by Florida Citrus Mutual and the Florida Department of Citrus.

11-year-old grows tons of veggies for the homeless

Wednesday, 16 March 2011 05:50 Written by Diane Herbst

Article by Diane Herbst, originally published July 2010 on Tonic.

It all began in third grade, when Katie Stagliano's 40-pound cabbage fed 275 homeless people. Now, Katie's six gardens have produced over 4,000 pounds of vegetables to feed the needy.

When Katie Stagliano was in third grade, she planted a cabbage in her family's small garden. When it grew to an astounding 40 pounds, she donated it to a soup kitchen, where it was made into meals for 275 people (with the help of ham and rice). "I thought, 'Wow, with that one cabbage I helped feed that many people?'" says Katie, now entering sixth grade. "I could do much more than that."

Farm People

Harvest Time Preview

FLORIDA CITRUS HALL OF FAME RECEIVES HONORARIUM IN MEMORY OF BERT E. ROPER

RABIES - USA (12): (ALABAMA) RACCOON, HUMAN EXPOSURE

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR THE FLORIDA CITRUS HALL OF FAME

11-year-old grows tons of veggies for the homeless

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