Since its creation in 2001, the RFLPP has preserved more than 225,000 acres of working agricultural land. These are not ...

Across rural America, a quiet reversal is taking shape. Instead of cashing out and carving up their holdings, more ranch ...

Owners of three farms have signed deals with the state, totaling nearly $9 million, to restrict future residential and commercial development, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced Monday.

Conservation easements are supposed to shield land from development forever, not enable it years down the road. But in Florida, at times key road connections — or political connections — trump the ...

If Florida continues growing at its current pace, more than 2 million acres of the state’s ranches, timberland and farms could be paved over to make way for another 12 million new residents by 2070, ...

When nonresidents think of Florida, crowded beaches and tourist hotspots like Orlando's Disney World and Universal are most likely top-of-mind. A recent nationwide study and poll from BusinessElectric ...

Janet Simoneaux, 68, retired to Lake Como in rural Putnam County before a biosolids company announced plans to dump nearby.

Nearly 4,400 acres of pasture lands in Central Florida will soon be forever protected from development and continue serving as critical pieces of a statewide wildlife corridor. Acting as the Board of ...