Florida is a state that provides relief to private landowners when a law, regulation, or ordinance inordinately burdens, restricts, or limits private property without amounting to a taking under the U.S Constitution. The State of Florida enacted the Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection Act in 1995, which provides Read more…
Field to Fork, A Conversation <strong>I grew up farming tropical fish in the tomato capital of Florida – Hillsborough County. I am part of the Baby-Boomer Generation, actually, I am at the tail-end of this generation and while I identify with some Boomer characteristics, I like to think I am Read more…
Growing up farming in Hillsborough County, I was taught the value of the environment at an early age. My father said; “If the water, dirt, and air is polluted, the world doesn’t eat, and for that matter, we don’t eat”. My father was full of common sense and taught me Read more…
Tampa Bay Business Journal Don’t gripe with your mouth full May 19, 2003, 12:00am EDT Guest Opinion by Danny Kushmer Who is “Big Sugar?” The ads running on television and radio would have you believe “Big Sugar” is some monstrous corporate organization that has polluting the Everglades as its sole Read more…