Florida among most popular states for workers

Apparently, people really love to work in Florida — and many more would love the chance to do so. Florida is the No. 2 state for job seekers, behind only Texas, while the least popular states to seek jobs are South Dakota, Rhode Island, Wyoming, Vermont and New Mexico . Read more at the Orlando Business Journal and Marketwatch.

No longer niche, local foods becoming big business

Once a niche business, locally grown foods aren't just for farmers markets anymore. A growing network of companies and organizations is delivering food directly from local farms to major institutions. [Source: AP]

Florida scientists press Gov. Scott on climate change

In an effort to push Gov. Rick Scott into the debate on climate change, 10 prominent Florida scientists on Tuesday asked for an opportunity to explain to him the impact human-induced global warming will have on Florida.

Scott has been reluctant to engage on the issue of climate change, answering only, "I'm not a scientist." [Source: Times/Herald]

Drones: Next big thing in aviation is small

The next big thing in aviation may be really small. With some no bigger than a hummingbird, the hottest things at this week's Farnborough International Airshow are tiny compared with the titans of the sky, such as the Airbus 380 or the Boeing Dreamliner. [Source: AP]

Florida in last place for ACA grants

Florida ranks last in the country in per-person funding from the Affordable Care Act, a new study shows, and that doesn’t even include the billions of dollars the state is forfeiting by saying no to Medicaid expansion. Read more from WGCU and see the full study.

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Yoga schools grow by leaps and bounds in Central Florida [Orlando Sentinel]
Across Central Florida and beyond, studios such as Warrior One are springing up to meet the demand for all kinds of yoga. There's yoga for pregnant women, yoga for children — even yoga for people with addictions of any kind.

› CVS to buy South Florida Hispanic pharmacy chain [AP]
CVS Caremark is set to buy a South Florida drugstore chain that has historically catered to Hispanic customers. Navarro Discount Pharmacy is the country's largest Hispanic-owned drugstore chain. It has annual sales of more than $340 million.

› South Florida business-for-sale market grows [South Florida Business Journal]
South Florida followed the national trend of positive growth for small business sale transactions in the second quarter of 2014.

› Sarasota's oldest house is for sale [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
Mary Wildrick may be living in the 21st century, but she has a 19th-century way of living. “I like history, I like old-fashioned things,” she says. How old fashioned?

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› SpaceX plans to move commercial launches to Texas [Bay News 9]
Space Florida is bracing for a major blow to the Sunshine State that could come as soon as this week. The state agency said SpaceX is close to publicly announcing a new commercial launch complex in Brownsville, Texas.

› Tampa trade mission to Chile set [TBO.com]
The Tampa Bay Export Alliance, a partnership of the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. and Pinellas County Economic Development, will lead a mission to Santiago, Chile in December.

› The man steering Lakewood Ranch's boom [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
Kirk Boylston is surrounded by growth. From his Lakewood Ranch office, the new head of commercial development for a subsidiary of ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. (SMR) can consider expansions planned to both the north and south.

› The Secrets Behind Disney's $2.2 Billion Theme Park Profits [Forbes]
Theme parks are core to the business model of American media giant the Walt Disney Company. Last year its 11 parks around the world provided nearly a third of its $45 billion revenue and 20.7% of its $10.7 billion operating profit.