Florida has about 47,000 commercial farms occupying over 9.45 million acres. Among the state's biggest crops? Cucumbers, grapefruit, oranges, squash, sugarcane, and fresh market snap beans and tomatoes.
“The average farmer is in the range of 60 to 70 years old, and eventually as time goes on, we will need younger people to step in,” says Arie Fry, a UF student studying agriculture. “By the year 2050, the world is projected to have 10 billion people, so how do you feed everybody? We need more farmers, and that demand for farmers is already here.”
An official rebranding for Uptown Tampa and the announcement of a new partnership between the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County are designed to encourage and accommodate innovative growth envisioned for the neighborhoods surrounding USF.
The new micro movie theater adjacent to Tampa Theatre in downtown Tampa will accommodate 40 to 50 guests and offer an intimate filmgoing experience unlike any other in the Tampa Bay Area.
If you're a recent transplant to the Tampa Bay Area or your memory isn't what it used to be, you may find a few surprises in Google Street Views documenting 10 Years of Change in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater.
The new St. Pete Pier is an impressive structure both in design and by the numbers. Here are a few of the more significant numbers you can use as conversation starters at your next networking event.
Every big public project requires leadership in government and in business, and oftentimes in philanthropy. Read the perspectives of 5 thought leaders influencing the future of the St. Pete Pier and downtown St. Petersburg.
North Tampa neighborhoods surrounding the University of South Florida campus are experiencing a rebirth with major new investments coming to the area now being called the Uptown District.
The former Florida Brewing Company building in Ybor City opened as the tallest building in Florida in 1896; today, it's still the tallest building in Ybor but it serves a new purpose.
What does a Florida-friendly landscape look like? Check out the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens in north Tampa to see how native plants can thrive in your Tampa Bay Area yard.
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