The sudden drop in temperature throughout the Tampa Bay area isn’t just affecting people. Tropical fish breeders across the ...
Brittany Hollon has farmed tropical fish on her family’s farm in north Lakeland since she was 13. The Urban Tropical Inc. farm sold about 1.94 million fish last year — mostly varieties of angel fish — ...
LAKELAND, Fla. — Frosted oranges, strawberries encased in ice: The images of Florida’s freezes are familiar, sad and earthy. But just past the crop rows here in the state’s agricultural core, there ...
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – It’s a tense time at Imperial Tropicals, one of central Florida’s largest ornamental fish farms. It will be days, if not weeks, before farmer Fran Drawdy discovers how the recent ...
It may be autumn in New England, but for Tim Silva and Danielle Orcutt the season has been decidedly tropical, and they've only had to travel as far as their family oyster grant in Orleans' ...
For decades, Florida has led the U.S. in farming tropical fish. Now it faces pressure from development and competition from other countries. Bernadette Berdychowski is a reporter covering local ...
The story of Michael McGee, who raises ornamental tropical fish on his farm in Puerto Rico, beautiful delicate fish destined for pet shops and aquariums all over the island, is a complex one. So we ...