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Palm Beach County approves new deal to sell Mecca Farms
Finally giving up on developing taxpayer-owned Mecca Farms, Palm Beach County commissioners Tuesday approved pursuing a $26 million deal to sell the former citrus groves to the state for water storage as well as a public shooting range. The price of...
Tags: Everglades, Research, Rentals, Endangered Species, Wildlife
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Gun range, ATV course proposed for Palm Beach County parks
Forget slides, swings and soccer fields. A shooting range, off-road vehicle course and bicycle jumps are new nontraditional park attractions potentially coming to Palm Beach County. While county officials joke about getting into the extreme-sports...
Tags: Wildlife, Shootings, Everglades, Local Government, Golf
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High crop prices entice farmers to expand planting into old golf courses, wildlife preserves
Associated PressBIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely...Tags: Wildlife, Golf, Endangered Species, Conservation, Sports
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High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely...
Tags: Golf, Conservation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sports
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Timeline of the 2008 tornado
Greeley Tribune, Colo.* Editor's note: A version of this timeline was written by former Tribune reporter Mike Peters and published in the June 1, 2008, edition of The Tribune. The path of destruction began on the morning of May 22, 2008, southeast of Platteville. 11 a.m....Tags: Tornadoes, Weather Warnings, Natural Disasters, Turkey (animal), National Weather Service
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Lexington Herald-Leader John Clay column
The Lexington Herald-LeaderSaturday's Preakness Stakes was a great big welcome back to a trio of horse racing's most important names: D. Wayne Lukas, Gary Stevens and Calumet Farm. However, Brad Kelley, the owner of the latter, wasn't at Pimlico, and don't expect him to step into...Tags: Equestrian, Georgetown, Television Industry, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown
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Laton sisters grow agricultural roots at family's alfalfa farm
The Fresno BeeSisters Hannah and Holly Johnson didn't plan on being farmers, at least not now. More than a year ago, Hannah was consumed with her marketing career and Holly was fulfilling some wanderlust, traveling across the country in her Chevy truck. But life...Tags: Social Media, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Media Industry, Family, New Products
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The seed from which an urban garden grew
Elisa Lane is not much bigger than the pigtails she wears when she gardens at the Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill. But she has a big impact. She sells the fresh vegetables from the empty corner lot that she just kind of took over at below-...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Mount Vernon, Marketing, Economy, Business and Finance
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Farm bills a mixed bag for Mainers
Portland Press Herald, MaineCongress is preparing to debate major farm and food policy bills that would likely cut funding to programs used by many low-income Mainers but could separately provide a boost to Maine's thriving local foods movement. Much to the dismay of the nation'...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Chellie Pingree, Elections
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New law means more business for wineries
The Frederick News-Post, Md.By June 1, Maryland wineries will be allowed to sell wine and offer samples at farmers markets listed in the Maryland Department of Agriculture's Farmers Market Directory, which is available online at http://www.marylandsbest.net. A new off-site permit,...Tags: Mount Airy, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Wines, Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Pickin' love
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va.Giles County, Va., resident Allison Hollopter, 33, isn't sure what to expect on Memorial Day weekend. An event coordinator, she will oversee the first wedding at her family's apple orchard called Doe Creek Farm. Her grandparents, William and Rosemary...Tags: Wedding Products and Services, Rentals, Family, Apples, Marriage
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SPLIT OVER MARSH PLAN
Richmond Times-DispatchThe owners of Curles Neck Farm say they want to preserve that sprawling property on the James River, home to nesting eagles and other wildlife.??? --???"That farm is not going to be developed in our lifetime," said Tommy Pruitt, a developer who owns...Tags: Bodies of Water, Virginia Commonwealth University, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Water, Wetlands
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