Celebrities lounging in nightclubs and beaches crowded with bikini-clad models: a given in Miami. Traffic jams and Latin-American bakeries: sure. Cows? Not exactly what the city's known for. ...more

March 21, 2009

Celebrities lounging in nightclubs and beaches crowded with bikini-clad models: a given in Miami. Traffic jams and Latin-American bakeries: sure. Cows? Not exactly what the city's known for. ...more

March 20, 2009

Drive south on U.S. 27. Just three miles east of S.R. 70, the country begins to change. The Lake Wales Ridge drops dozens of feet in elevation, and the hilly land becomes flat. ...more

February 22, 2009

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced that the deadline for submitting nominations for the Commissioner's 2009 Agriculture Environmental Leadership Awards is April 1. ...more

February 15, 2009

So far, Jim Piculas has pretty much had the public argument his way. Ever since he was able to sucker ... uh, convince a local television station to embrace his unverified version of events, Piculas has soared like a sultan on a magic carpet of new-media celebrity. ...more

January 30, 2009

Kobe-style burgers provide a high-end alternative to your typical offering, and are less expensive than you'd think. ...more

January 19, 2009

The price of feed and fertilizer has nearly doubled. Transportation and the cost of labor are up as well. The threat of more government regulation always seems to be lurking over the farmer and rancher in Highlands County as well as across the country. ...more

January 18, 2009

An evening of steak tasting helps changed the way she sees, tastes and feels about beef. ...more

November 14, 2008

Not long ago, it looked as if Morton Plant Mease North Bay Hospital was going to be left holding the short stick. Both it and Community Hospital of New Port Richey wanted to leave their longtime homes in New Port Richey for the booming Trinity area of southwestern Pasco County. State regulators approved the Community Hospital move but said no to North Bay. At the time, Trinity seemed to have unlimited growth potential, thanks to its rural atmosphere but proximity to jobs in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. It was definitely seen as the place to be. ...more

June 28, 2008

Lowell Cain is one of the cowboys in the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's agricultural unit. ...more

June 26, 2008