Lazaro Aleman news@greenepublishing.com Many non-indigenous plants and animals brought to Florida in historic times or introduced via the exotic pet industry and international trade have since integrated into the wild and pose…
Category: Farm & Outdoors
Red Hills Small Farm Alliance provides local products for local consumers
Heather Ainsley news@greenepublishing.com Fourteen years ago, four North Florida women with backgrounds in agriculture banded together in an effort to support one another in their agricultural endeavors. Together, they founded the Red…
SRWMD releases soggy December report
Suwannee River Water Management District Contributor To help enhance public awareness of water levels and the impact rainfall has on current conditions in North Florida, the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD)…
A garden is continuously new
Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com With a New Year comes that special, open feeling of possibility. Most people hone in on this once a year, but my life has ended up with multiple occasions…
Feathered friends fascinate at NFWC
Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com Birds are the only animals in the world that have feathers. Perhaps that accounts in part for why humans find birds so fascinating. Not only are feathers strikingly beautiful,…
Welcome to Zone 9
Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com Just when I was getting into full swing with my cool weather crops, I saw that the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently issued a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map….
Madison farmer’s market/local market a big hit – Next event scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9
Leah Androski reporter@greenepublishing.com Madison’s Local Market was held on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. During Madison’s Local Market, shoppers browsed through the various vendors and looked at local…
November is Manatee Awareness Month
FWC Contributor The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is sharing the reminder that November is Manatee Awareness Month, a critical time for boaters to be on the lookout for manatees…
Hard workers difficult to find
Kelly Cone Contributor Members of the Madison County Florida Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers group were able to attend the 2023 Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership Conference in Orlando, in July…
Madison County Farm Bureau helps celebrate Farm/City Week
Rick Patrick rick@greenepublishing.com On Thursday, Nov. 16, the Madison County branch of Florida Farm Bureau held a special dinner in celebration of Farm/City Week. Farm/City Week is celebrated the week before Thanksgiving…
Madison County FFA is named a two-star national chapter
Leah Androski reporter@greenepublishing.com On Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 1-4, the Madison County Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter was recognized in the 2023 National Chapter Award Program from the National FFA Organization….
Tall Timbers seeking landowner applications
Tall Timbers Contributor Landowners within the basins of the St. Marks and Aucilla Rivers, including portions of Leon, Jefferson, Wakulla, Madison and Taylor Counties in Florida, and Brooks, Thomas and Grady Counties…
A tree’s view of recovery
Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com Trees have been on my mind a lot since Hurricane Idalia came through town. It’s hard to see pines snapped and giant oaks ripped from the earth. For the…
Madison native honored as Jefferson County Farm Family of the Year
Lazaro Aleman news@greenepublishing.com A high point of each Jefferson County Farm Bureau (JCFB) annual meeting and banquet is the announcement and recognition of a local family selected for its outstanding contributions to…
The devil you know
Heather Ainsley news@greenepublishing.com Florida is known for its abundance of wildlife, both native and invasive. While the main creatures that come to mind when one mentions “Florida wildlife” are deer, raccoon, bobcats,…
Farm Tour 2023 showcases dazzling range of local agriculture
Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com The 16th Annual Farm Tour on Saturday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 15, gave adventurous souls rare access to dozens of farms, ranches and orchards across North Florida and…
Enriching your flock: Improving the life of your backyard chickens
Heather Ainsley news@greenepublishing.com Here in rural Madison County, there is much appeal to farm life and homesteading, and often the first step in the process of building a farm or homestead is…
Breaking the norms: the Adams Ranch
Halie Wetherington reporter@greenepublishing.com Scott Adams, the owner of Adams Ranch, grew up in Citrus County, Fla., gathering eggs starting at eight-years-old. This was the last thing he wanted to do after coming…
Saltwater Free Fishing Day
Leah Androski reporter@greenepublishing.com The state of Florida offers free fishing days to residents and non-residents for freshwater and saltwater fishing. The next license-free saltwater fishing day is on Saturday, Sept. 2. On…
Too much of a good thing
Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com Many famous folks have had something to say about “too much of a good thing” – from Aesop to Shakespeare, Mae West to Jerry Garcia and more. Not-so-famous folks…