Illegals Bring Home The Bacon, Keep Prices Low Illegals working Florida's citrus and truck farms picking fruits and vegetables send their money home to allow the second-highest contribution to Mexico's gross national product into the millions and millions, helping its economy and families attempting to build their lives toward reaching some parity with industrial nations for independence in home ownership and modest buying power in their country. ...more

December 22, 2007

At a time when commercial beekeepers are reeling from a little-understood disorder known as colony collapse disorder, in which, for unknown causes, colonies of bees disappear, it is being left to back-yard beekeepers like Charlie Hammond to help maintain the integrity of the hive. ...more

December 19, 2007

Needy folks are "counting on our help," Jeanne Coulter said. "They have no place else to turn." ...more

December 5, 2007

Florida is enlisting the help of hundreds of farmers and nursery growers to clean up the state's polluted waterways, but environmentalists complain the environment is suffering under the partnership. ...more

November 18, 2007

Hank and Pamela Sindlinger never expected to trade in their Harleys for a tractor or to start an organic farm where they raise fruits and vegetables. ...more

November 9, 2007

Drizzling rain didn't stop people from visiting the Joyful Servants Farmers Market. ...more

November 3, 2007

When I joined Weight Watchers on March 7, 2006, I had many reasons to want to lose weight. I had borderline high blood pressure, suffered from sleep apnea and could not walk up a flight of stairs without becoming winded. ...more

November 1, 2007

Just as Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey, Japan's harvest holiday is all about sushi. Specifically, it's about the rice. ...more

October 31, 2007