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Agriculture

Involuntary Servitude

The "company store" model is still a fixture at many northeast Florida farms, say workers advocates. Read more »
Published on 8/1/2005

Java Man

For now, the nine-acre patch under power lines is used only occasionally -- as a garbage dump. But to J.C. Nadeau, it's the future site of Florida's first working coffee plantation. Read more »
Published on 8/1/2005

Growing Concern

Nearly 40 years ago, Barbara Mainster and her late husband, Wendell N. Rollason, moved to Miami to create the Redlands Christian Migrant Association to take migrant farmworkers' children out of the fields and into the classroom. Read more »
Published on 6/1/2005

Cash Crop

When they see oranges and grapefruit on the trees, passers-by sometimes stop by the Crump Family Farm in DeLeon Springs and ask for a tour. Now, west Volusia County tourism officials and farm operators are trying to build on that interest. Read more »
Published on 6/1/2005

Survivors

Some of Florida's oldest businesses are still doing what they did 100 years ago; others changed successfully with the times. Read more »
Published on 5/1/2005

Harvesting History

A Palm Beach County effort reminds residents how important agriculture is to the county. Read more »
Published on 2/1/2005

Sweet and Sour

The Citrus Department faces a setback in its policy of taxing producers to fund advertising. Read more »
Published on 2/1/2005

Agriculture

The economic outlook in 2005 for Florida's citrus growers and the forestry industry. Read more »
Published on 1/1/2005

The Players

Life after Phragmipedium kovachii. Read more »
Published on 12/1/2004

Law & Orchid

Botanist Meg Lowman rebounds from a furor over a flower. Read more »
Published on 12/1/2004

Slim Pickin's

Florida farmers will feel the impact for years. Read more »
Published on 11/1/2004

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Facial recognition cameras in Florida city spark privacy concerns

New security cameras in downtown Lakeland are raising concerns about privacy. The Lakeland Downtown Development Authority has begun installing 13 new security cameras on streets, sidewalks, and alleyways, and there are mixed feelings about them.

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