Supporters also say extensive monitoring would be a financial burden for farmers who are already struggling to compete with low-cost imported fruits and vegetables. Officials with DEP and state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services say the program already has been successful in getting hundreds of farmers and container plant growers to use modern farming techniques that keep pollution out of waterways. Florida is enlisting the help of hundreds of farmers and nursery growers to...

Winemakers around Tampa Bay who don't have vineyards full of fancy wine grapes have picked a fruit basket of wine from orchards, groves and berry patches instead. The fruit wine alchemists use modern technology to balance acids, sugars and tannins from citrus, berries and tropical fruits as carefully as wine grapes. Though fruit wine was a novelty product in Florida and the grape-unfriendly frozen North for years, new vintages have a wider range of flavors and styles. To put a taste of...

Consumers will see somewhat lower prices for pork, at least for a while, before prices begin to rise, according to kiplinger.com. That s because as corn prices rise, profit margins on hogs decline, and producers opt to cut back by actually sending more female animals to slaughter rather than breeding them. If paying for a traditional beef roast for a holiday dinner is turning into a splurge, in the short term you might want to switch to a pork loin roast instead. B lame ethanol for the...

A Community-based Participatory Action Research (CPAR) project on mango production of the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), which launched in 1999, has led to the fulfillment of the long dreams of Tiblawan farmers. A Community-based Participatory Action Research (CPAR) project on mango production of the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), which launched in 1999, has led to the fulfillment of the...

Ingredients 3 eggs, separated 1 cup raisins 1 cup water Pinch of salt 1 cup sugar 2 heaping tablespoons flour 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 tablespoons butter Baked single-crust pie shell MERINGUE: 3 egg whites 6 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Cook raisins in enough water to plump; drain. Beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff peaks form. Beat egg whites until frothy. Instructions Separate eggs and save whites for meringue. Pour into baked pie crust and top with meringue. In...

He toured orchards in Skagit County and talked to tree fruit society folks who promoted varieties that would thrive commercially west of the mountains, including Jonagolds. When most people think of Washington state and apples, they're transported east of the mountains, where huge orchards and giant packing houses reign, Aplets and Cotlets are available at every roadside stand and the sun seems to shine all year long. Unlike many of the apples sold in grocery stores, this fruit will never...