A look at how Apalachicola Riverkeeper is restoring sloughs- connections between the Apalachicola river and the swamps of its floodplain. These connections were partially cut off by dredging projects decades ago. See more at https://blog.wfsu.org/blog-coastal-health/2021/05/apalachicola-slough-restoration-getting-more-water-to-swamps-bay/
“The head of the East...
A farm called "Smarter by Nature" in Quincy, Florida is the location for this story. WFSU's Rob Diaz de Villegas show us how Angelique Taylor and David "Kip" Ritchey founded a rural farming business in order to...
From 1966 to 1967, WFSU produced a children's television program called Miss Nancy's Store, starring educator Nancy Tribble Benda. Local Routes takes a look at the life led by Benda, who performed as a Weeki Wachi mermaid as a...
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Thursday, May 20, 2021, was the 156th anniversary of the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Florida. Announcing the end of slavery for the first time in the state, Union officers stood on the...
We look at the various layers that go into making a "compost lasagna" and how Turkey Hill Farm works with a local seafood restaurant to turn leftover kitchen scraps into the perfect addition to his soil. More at wfsu.org/ecologyblog.
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Juvenal Havyarimana, M.D., an emergency room physician at Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, talks about his life and his career in medicine. Born in Burundi in East Africa, Dr. Havyariman grew up in a refugee camp in Tanzania....
Capital Regional Medical Center Hospitalist Dr. Allison Moore-Kontos talks about how she got into medicine and the importance of treating the whole person, not just the physical ailments.
Our Ecology intern, Chloe Thompson, helped the Apalachee Audubon Society organize a cleanup of Lake Elberta. Thirty-seven volunteers picked up forty bags of trash on a wildlife-filled day.
WFSU’s Mike Plummer explores the work being done by Dr. Pradeep Bhide at The Center For Brain Repair, FSU College of Medicine. Dr. Bhide is a neuroscientist seeking solutions to real-world ailments of the brain through collaboration with clinicians....
You can see the PBS American Masters documentary: Oliver Sacks: His Own Life on WFSU Friday, April 9th at 10pm ET.
