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May 3, 2012
Publix Seafood Practices Rank 19 of 20 Stores Analyzed, Greenpeace Says
Wikimedia CCPublix seafood practices score a failing grade of 2.7 out of 10, according to the environmental group Greenpeace. A study by the organization's Carting Away the Oceans project (CATO) analyzed major grocers such as Target, Safeway, Whole Foods, and Winn-Dixie. Publix landed at 19 among th ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2012
Sustain, Gotham Steak, City Hall and More: Misleading Salmon Descriptions
via Flickr CCSustain Restaurant Bar has developed a brand synonymous with greener eating. Deconstructed branches line its walls and lamps in natural shapes light up its vast open space, all contributing to a signature earthy feel. The menu lists ingredients with sources and location, and the resta ... More >>
Film
March 29, 2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen offers rom-com shenanigans
via Flickr CCSustain Restaurant Bar has developed a brand synonymous with greener eating. Deconstructed branches line its walls and lamps in natural shapes light up its vast open space, all contributing to a signature earthy feel. The menu lists ingredients with sources and location, and the resta ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2011
Farmworkers To Picket Publix On International Human Rights Day
Farm workers will protest Publix on International Human Rights DayThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) are planning to picket the newly opened Publix on KIllian Parkway and SW 104th Street on December 11th, International Human Rights Day.The protesters, comprised of dozens of farm workers fro ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2011
PETA and Thanksgiving: Talking Turkey
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has a long history of being controversial. Their polarizing anti-meat, anti-research, and anti-fur campaigns can be harsh, in-your-face, and brilliant. And there's no better time for PETA to activate its campaign machine than during Than ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Calling All Herbivores
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has a long history of being controversial. Their polarizing anti-meat, anti-research, and anti-fur campaigns can be harsh, in-your-face, and brilliant. And there's no better time for PETA to activate its campaign machine than during Than ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Tomatoland: Barry Estabrook Describes Why Florida Sucks at Agriculture
Apparently, when it comes to agriculture and civil rights, Florida just can't do anything right. In the new book, Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, journalist Barry Estabrook traces the history of the tomato and discusses the ecological and human co ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
David Rukin: PETA Is Wrong, Beekeeping Is Not Animal Abuse
Florida beekeeper David RukinThere's a perception in the vegan/vegetarian community that beekeepers are perpetrators of animal abuse. They mishandle bees, stealing from them and working them into the ground by harvesting their hard-earned product. David Rukin, one of Florida's most prolific beeke ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011
The International Watermelon Conference is Not Seedy
Creative Commons: North Carolina State UniversityThis weekend, the Second Annual International Watermelon Conference rolls into town at The Eden Roc Resort & Spa, and the roster reads like one big juicy party! While it's billed as a summit focusing on "the challenges and opportunities f ... More >>
Calendar
January 27, 2011
Spilling the Beans
Creative Commons: North Carolina State UniversityThis weekend, the Second Annual International Watermelon Conference rolls into town at The Eden Roc Resort & Spa, and the roster reads like one big juicy party! While it's billed as a summit focusing on "the challenges and opportunities f ... More >>
Calendar
December 9, 2010
Irate Radio
Creative Commons: North Carolina State UniversityThis weekend, the Second Annual International Watermelon Conference rolls into town at The Eden Roc Resort & Spa, and the roster reads like one big juicy party! While it's billed as a summit focusing on "the challenges and opportunities f ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2010
November is Sticky Peanut Butter Month
November is national peanut butter lover's month. Even with peanut allergies on the rise, peanut butter is found in about 75 percent of all American homes.This American pantry staple dates back to the Incas who created a paste-like substance from peanuts. The first American commercial peanut crop ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2010
Immokalee Workers Win $$ for Farm Laborers
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Pacific Tomato Growers, one of the biggest U.S. tomato firms, has agreed to pass on a penny per pound surcharge to workers.McDonald's and others had offered to pay the charge after federal authorities compared the lot of Central American workers in tomato ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
Florida Tomatoes Declared "Tastiest In Years" -- By The Florida Tomato Marketers
Lee KleinPhoto of last year's presumably inferior cropThe Florida Tomato Committee is touting the upcoming crop as "the best tasting in years". The marketing organization for tomato growers estimates that 80 percent of the winter crop was wiped out this past year. To date this season, Florida tom ... More >>
News
April 15, 2010
The Humane Society Began Its Battle with Farmers Right Here in Florida
Lee KleinPhoto of last year's presumably inferior cropThe Florida Tomato Committee is touting the upcoming crop as "the best tasting in years". The marketing organization for tomato growers estimates that 80 percent of the winter crop was wiped out this past year. To date this season, Florida tom ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2010
Got Milk? Got Ethics? Got A Barf Bag? Then Get Ready For This
ABC News Nightline aired an exposé on the dairy industry last night that should outrage any human being with feelings. "Got Milk? Got Ethics? Animal Rights v. U.S. Dairy Industry," written by Brian Ross and Anna Schecter, included a video made inside a huge New York farm, Willet Dairy, milk from wh ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2010
Top 10 Ways To Eat an Overfished Species: Red Snapper
via http://www.flickr.com/photos/88158121@N00/ / CC BY 2.0Red Snapper on ice at boat dock.The Federales have deemed the Atlantic coast's red snapper population overfished.January 4, regulations went in place to outlaw angling for them.The government says that red snapper populations are at 3 perc ... More >>
Blogs
October 2, 2009
No More Raw Milk at Florida Whole Foods, the Company Explains Their Decision, Kind Of
via wikimediaCooked milk, get your cooked milk.Whole Foods Market has officially dropped raw milk from its shelves in Florida.Raw Milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization is a heating process meant to kill bacteria, and homogenization is the process of making the ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2009
Friday Food Funnies: Silly Stuff
Sign on bakery window: Cake 66 cents; upside-down cake 99 cents.Diner: Waiter, do you have any lobster tails?Waiter: Certainly, sir. Once upon a time there was a little lobster...Sign at dairy farm: You can whip our cream, but you can't beat our milk.One thing is for certain about organic farms: The ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2009
Coalition Of Immokalee Workers Declare Tomato Pickers Victory in Florida
image via ciw-online.org The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers, a Florida farmworkers union known for taking on the "big 4" fast food giants, winning, and garnering higher wages because of it, has just marked another milestone. Two Florida farms that specialize in growing and selling or ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2009
Yes, Those Are Slaves On The Steps of The Florida Capitol Today
If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>
Dining
February 12, 2009
Oyster Lovers, Unite
This Valentine's weekend might be your best chance in years to eat these aphrodisiacs.
Blogs
December 5, 2008
Slow Foods Glades to Coast Dinner at Cafe Boulud
(sturgeon: It's what's for dinner)The Slow Foods Glades to Coast Chapter, which covers roughly the Palm Beach and Broward areas, is hosting a 5-course Growers' Discovery gourmet dinner at Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach this Thursday, December 11, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The dinner, overseen by chef Zach B ... More >>
News
July 24, 2008
Orange Crush
A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse.
Blogs
July 17, 2008
Florida Citrus Growers Switch to Organic
A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse.
News
March 6, 2008
The Reporter and the Tranny
He kissed her, um, him, and that was only the beginning.
Music
June 8, 2006
The Junina Festival
He kissed her, um, him, and that was only the beginning.
Calendar
April 6, 2006
A Tough Shell
He kissed her, um, him, and that was only the beginning.
News
February 16, 2006
Letters from the Issue of February 16, 2006
Everything about this seems a bit hypocritical
Calendar
January 26, 2006
Historian, Test Thyself
Everything about this seems a bit hypocritical
News
January 19, 2006
A Fish Farmer's Tale
Could this be the next salmon?
Music
August 4, 2005
Tori Amos
Could this be the next salmon?
Recreation
May 13, 2004
BEST BAIT SHOP
A-OK Fish 'n' Bait
Finest Foods
May 13, 2004
BEST CAVIAR
Marky's
News
April 8, 2004
Cows to Cuba
A South Florida rancher is using bovine diplomacy to improve relations with the island nation
Calendar
May 22, 2003
Glam-Dunk
Hip-hop hoops it up
Finest Foods
May 15, 2003
BEST FISH SANDWICH
Captain Jim's Seafood
Calendar
September 12, 2002
Baby Me Tree
Hey you tree huggers, stop squeezing and actually raise one!
Shops and Wares
May 16, 2002
BEST FLORIST
Jenny's Flowers
Restaurants
May 16, 2002
BEST STEAKHOUSE
Graziano's Parrilla Argentina
Recreation
May 17, 2001
Best Snorkeling Spot
Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary
Finest Foods
May 17, 2001
Best Chocolate
Le Chocolatier
City Life
May 17, 2001
Best Local Phantasmagoria
Le Chocolatier
News
July 6, 2000
Anatomy of a Quarantine
State officials are spending millions of your tax dollars to stop citrus canker. And they're making a mess of it.
Dining
February 27, 1997
Weight and Si
State officials are spending millions of your tax dollars to stop citrus canker. And they're making a mess of it.
News
September 26, 1996
Off the Hook
Caught between depletion and regulation, Dade's commercial fishermen are becoming the latest endangered species
News
September 12, 1996
Letters
Caught between depletion and regulation, Dade's commercial fishermen are becoming the latest endangered species
News
March 9, 1995
The One That Didn't Get Away
A National Marine Fisheries Service scientist hooks some big violations
Film
March 9, 1994
From Here to Paternity
A National Marine Fisheries Service scientist hooks some big violations
News
January 5, 1994
The Great Largo Gumbo Limbo Imbroglio
When 350 trees fall in a protected North Key forest, they make a very loud noise
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