After an inspector was threatened with violence, the USDA paused avocado imports from Mexico, which could lead to more expensive avocados in US grocery stores and financial ruin for farmers in Michoacán
South Florida farmers are facing a number of challenges, from pests and disease to saltwater intrusion and competition from foreign imports. The University of Florida’s Tropical Research and Education Center
ALL AT SEA
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Most people didn’t think twice about the occasional strand of seaweed. That changed in 2011 when huge mats of sargassum weed began floating south from the North Atlantic. The sheer masses of sargassum, scientifically known as a type of brown macroalgae or seaweed, got so bad that in 2018 there was a swath covering over 5,000 miles of ocean from the central Atlantic to the Caribbean and from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. Now, new research in Florida might show a way to turn this foul-smelling trash into a landscaping treasure.
University of Florida Sargassum Research