FORT PIERCE –  Treasure Coast Food Bank recently received a $1.5 million gift from philanthropist Bill Lichtenberger that will benefit the organization’s new initiative, the Florida Agriculture & Nourishment Collaborative. The Collaborative is scheduled to open early 2017. It will be anchored at Treasure Coast Food Bank’s former distribution center in northern St. Lucie County [...]

Cristina Pisaniexamines an avocado tree that succumbed to the laurel wilt pathogen in the USDA field adjacent to the UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center near Fort Pierce. Photo by Robin Koestoyo.   By Robin Koestoyo (University of Florida News Office) FORT PIERCE – Findings from new University of Florida research may lead growers [...]