Christy Tuckey

May 2023 Researchers reflect on lessons learned from local Smart Garden Bob Hochmuth has been a regional extension agent at the University of Florida’s North Florida Research and Education Center-Suwannee Valley for more than 30 years. For much of that…

May 2023 By Michael S. McWaters, Executive V.P./CEO Planning ahead comes naturally for a cooperative. Going back to our earliest days, SVEC’s founders laid out a roadmap for the cooperative but knew they couldn’t put it into practice until they…

May 2023 2023 Annual Meeting On Saturday, April 22, at the Suwannee County Agricultural Coliseum, SVEC held its first in-person annual meeting since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The 1,456 members who registered for the meeting by proxy or in person…

May 2023 When you save energy, you save money. Check back here each month for new ways to make your home or business more energy-efficient. Finding the next energy efficiency project around your home might be as easy as looking…

May 2023 By Bonnie Gross, Visit Florida Visitors are often surprised to learn that more than 100,000 threatened and endangered sea turtles nest on Florida beaches every summer. In fact, nearly 90% of the sea turtle nesting in the U.S.…

May 2023 Ingredients Meatballs ½ medium onion, grated ½ cup panko breadcrumbs 1 ½ pounds ground chicken 1 egg 2 teaspoons garam masala 2 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley 1 teaspoon each, salt and pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil Butter Sauce…

May 2023 The 2023 Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins on Saturday, May 27 and extends through Friday, June 9. During this period, sales of eligible items related to disaster preparedness are exempt from sales tax. Examples of eligible items:…