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Urban Sprawl and Its Connection to Urban Agriculture

July 1, 2021

The Urban Agriculture Pilot Project Act

The Florida Senate Bill 628 finds it “necessary to distinguish between farms on traditional rural farm land and the emerging trends towards urban agriculture”1 and has created a new program, the Urban Agriculture Pilot Project, under the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The bill was approved by Governor DeSantis on June 17, 2021 and takes effect on July 1, 2021.1

February 14, 2021

4 Easy Ways to Incorporate More Plant-Based Eating Practices

The meat industry produces immense amounts of gas emissions that negatively affect our atmosphere. Methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide are three major livestock emissions that affect our atmosphere (2). […]

November 20, 2020

Biochar 101: How to Enrich Your Compost with Biochar

Do you have compost in your backyard and want to make it even more rich and fertile? The IDEAS Hive interviewed Lorenzo Monduy Jr, the designer and face behind My Community Compost to talk […]

November 4, 2020

The More You Know: Soil Amendments

Water, sunlight, and soil – these are a plant’s three basic needs. With the basics, one can begin a garden full of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and more. But, in an […]