Florida

Saving 1 Million Gallons of Water a Day: Sustainable Lessons From Jones Potato Farm

Like most growers, Alan and Leslie Jones don’t like all the fingers pointed at farmers for problems the community faced.…

7 years ago

Large algae bloom forms on Lake Okeechobee, could repeat 2016

(Above) A diagram from 2016 shows water flow in South Florida. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post) Florida’s freshwater…

7 years ago

Meat industry blamed for largest-ever ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico

The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is…

7 years ago

Florida water — court lets industry group challenge water standards

Nearly a year after a state regulatory commission approved controversial new water-quality standards, an appeals court Tuesday ruled that a…

7 years ago

Florida city to alleviate water shortage with Israeli technology

Hoping to help curb the severe drought that has overtaken South Florida in recent years, the suburb of Miami Gardens…

7 years ago