![closeup on hands of farmer using a weed cutter carefully around a newly sprouted plant. [credit: uf/ifas]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2024/02/2024_Ag_blogSmallFarmSchool_1338x357.png)
“Your preparation for the real world is not in the answers you’ve learned, but in the questions you’ve learned how to ask.” -- Bill Watterson What’s With All the Questions!?! KEY QUESTIONS • Who? ✔ • What ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management![a girl wearing black clothes looks an an oversized analog alarm click. [credit: pixabay.com, un-perfekt]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2024/01/2024_Ag_impatientChildClock_pixabayUn-PerfektCROP1338x357TINY-2.jpg)
"If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four hours sharpening the axe." -- Abraham Lincoln As a kid, we sometimes couldn't wait for Christmas and we tore into the presents early. Finally, when the big day arrived, we ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management![aerial view of rural town with an array of homes surrounded by multiple farms and farmland. [credit: unsplash.com, luca j]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2023/12/2023_Ag_farmlandByTown01_unsplashLucaJCROP1338x357TINY.png)
"There is no there there." -- Gertrude Stein, Author "Where" your farm business is located is a very important question. It matters in many ways. Like the Ashton Kutcher movie, "Dude, Where's My Car?", you don't want the location of your farm ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management![a woman walks through a corn field and scans growing crops. [credit: unsplash.com, gonzalo facello]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2023/11/2023_Ag_farmingOrganicWomanCornfield_unsplashGonzaloFacelloCROP1338x357TINY.png)
"It isn't what you do, but how you do it." —John Wooden, Hall of Fame basketball coach Last time we talked about some of the thousands of different products, the "what" you can produce on a farm, from livestock to bees and fish, from trees ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management![Batch of new chicks in the brooder, won't be ready for pastures for weeks. [CREDIT: UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County, Rod Greder]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2023/09/2023_Ag_chickBrooder_ufsaraextRodGrederCROP1338x357TINY.png)
There are as many microorganisms in a spoonful of healthy soil as stars in the sky and neurons in the brain. Astounding facts! I'm not sure which is more mind-bending. There are almost as many different ways to farm and things to produce. KEY ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management
KEY QUESTIONS • Who? • WHY? • What? • Where? • When? • How? Today, we're about the "why." We'll start with a quote about reason, from JP Morgan, the famous American banker and financier: "A man always has two ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management![photo illustration of corn (close up) against a blue sky with white clouds. [credit: pixabay.com, skitterphoto]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2023/08/grassandsky_EDIT1338x357.png)
KEY QUESTIONS • WHO? • Why? • What? • Where? • When? • How? So, you want to get started farming, but don't know where to begin. Simple: start by lining up your vision, mission, values, and guiding principles. Be ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management
Jessica M. Ryals, Agriculture & Sustainable Food Systems Agent UF/IFAS Extension Collier County Jeff Wasielewski, Commercial Tropical Fruit Agent UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County Next to labor, equipment can be one of the largest ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS Extension
On Monday, November 5th, small-scale vegetable farmers, cattle ranchers, mushroom growers, food foresters and industry members came together to discuss the opportunities and challenges of small-scale farming in Southwest Florida. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS ExtensionToday more and more consumers are looking for local, fresh, nutritious and organic foods to buy for their home cooking, eating at restaurants and at their school lunches. A 2014 UF/IFAS study reported over 20% of Florida food purchasers are ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture