Carolyn Saft UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension Contributor Our stores are filled with heart-shaped boxes of chocolates sold as symbols of love. Are they though? One piece of chocolate is about 75 calories,…
Category: Farm & Outdoors
FWC to host Florida State Fish Art Contest
FWC Contributor The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in partnership with Wildlife Forever, is eager to announce they will host the Florida State Fish Art Contest again this year. Students…
Arbor Day is rooted in necessity
Mickey Starling Reporter3@riverbendnews.org For many, Arbor Day is one of those holidays that doesn’t receive much attention. However, in the 1800s, it was the extreme need for trees that eventually blossomed into…
Lafayette Farm Bureau announces 2021 Farm Family of the Year
Amy Croft Contributor On Monday, Nov. 8, the Lafayette County Farm Bureau hosted their annual membership meeting. Approximately 60 to 65 were in attendance to enjoy a delicious meal of chicken and…
Third annual “Spirit of the Horse,” a magical theater event on horseback
Horses Without Humans, contributor The Spirit of the Horse is a magical, heartwarming theater story on horseback that the whole family will enjoy! It is a showcase of World Class riders and…
Lafayette 4-H hosts small animal livestock show
Shawn Jackson, Lafayette County 4-H AgentContributor Lafayette County 4-H recently hosted its first ever Goat and Chick-Chain Livestock Show. The event was held on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Lafayette County Ag…
Working together to feed the hungry Society of St. Andrew, Camp SOS glean Rooney’s Farm
By Sydney Holder Riverbend News The Society of St. Andrew (SoSA), with volunteers from Camp SOS, spent their Thursday morning harvesting blueberries from Rooney’s Front Porch Farm in Live Oak. On Thursday,…
Gray Logging, LLC: 2021 National Outstanding Logger
By Forest Resources Association Contributor The Forest Resources Association (FRA) and STIHL Incorporated honored Gray Logging, LLC, of Madison, as the National Outstanding Logger at FRA’s 2021 virtual annual meeting on Wednesday,…
Lafayette 4-H youth become grill masters
By Shawn Jackson Contributor Lafayette 4-H recently completed its spring Grill Masters workshops. Fifteen Lafayette County middle and high school youth participated in the four-week, 10-hour training that consisted of four weeks…
Scallop season opens next week
By Rick Patrick Riverbend News The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has set the dates for this summer’s bay scallop season on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The season varies…
Lafayette FFA racks up month of achievements
By Chad Lyons Contributor Lafayette High School FFA livestock team finishes sixth in CDE State Finals The 2021 Florida Future Farmers of America (FFA) Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event (CDE) State Finals…
The hobby that grew big
By Leah Hodges Riverbend News Robert “Bob” Williams started growing plants 25 years ago as a hobby. It started as a way to pass the time and fill his days with something…
Lafayette FFA celebrates National FFA week
By Jackson Powers and Jaley Mosley Contributors National Future Farmers of America (FFA) week was first celebrated in 1948 in Kansas City, Miss. That year, the number of FFA members nationwide increased…
Udder-ly excited for the cattlemen beef show
By Danny Federico Riverbend News The Suwannee County Cattlemen Association will be hosting their Open Youth Beef Show on Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20. The event, which runs back-to-back with…
BHS’s Barrett Young nominated for Presidential Scholars Program
By Danny Federico Riverbend News Barrett Young, a senior at Branford High School (BHS) and Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter President, was nominated for the career and technical education (CTE) component…
Branford FFA girls place 7th overall in state competition
By Stacy Young Contributor The Branford Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter competed in the Environmental Science Career Development Event at the Florida FFA Leadership Training Center in Haines City, Fla., on Thursday,…