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Friday's Afternoon Update
What you need to know about Florida today
Truckers could become an endangered species
America needs a lot more truck drivers. There will be a shortage of nearly 50,000 truckers in the United States by the end of this year, according a new report by the American Trucking Association (ATA). That's up from a shortage of 30,000 drivers just two years ago. More from CNN Money., the Journal of Commerce, the Memphis Business Journal, and Capital Press.
Social media use among those 65 and older on the rise
Social media use among those 65 and older has more than tripled in five years, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. The study found that 35 percent in that demographic jumped on social media regularly. That is up from 11 percent in 2010. More at the Orlando Sentinel.
Publix's first on-campus store in the works
Publix Super Markets wants to go to college. The Lakeland-based grocer is in talks to open its first college campus store at the University of South Florida, as part of a proposed $133 million student village. More at the Lakeland Ledger.
Pahokee recycling operation to create 200 jobs
Two hundred jobs are expected to be created by Sunshine State Biomass Cooperative in Pahokee, the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County said Thursday. Sunshine State plans to make a $5 million capital investment in its yard-waste recycling operation. More at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Stone crab season opens with new rules
Stone crab season starts next week, and fishermen in three Florida counties are facing new rules about the types of traps they can use. Statewide, fishermen are allowed to use up to five traps per person. The claws on a crab must be at least 2 ¾ inches in order for them to be harvested. More at the AP.
Out of the Box
Bajalia
Winter Park jewelry purveyor Bajalia is featured on this year's Neiman Marcus Fantasy Gifts list with an $80,000 trunk of fair trade jewelry curated by designer Iris Apfel.
» More from the Orlando Sentinel
Florida Dining
Home Grown Menus
Every luxury hotel in Florida worth its stars or diamonds features vast greenswards, riotous hibiscus, rows of Washington Palms, endless coleus. Now, along with the decorative foliage, guests may find vines of cucumbers, peas on tripods, flowering squash plants, pepper bushes, blueberries, cauliflower and beds of cabbages — all destined for the hotel’s restaurant.
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