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Panel Discusses Growth and Challenges in Brazilian Infrastructure

Salma Ibrahim | Contributing Writer  On Nov. 28, a panel conversation was held at Graham Center addressing the challenges of sustainable development and exploring the green potentials of Brazil.  Spearheaded by the Brazil Institute, this event was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute, FIU’s Program of Excellence in Brazilian […]

A love of nature blooms at the FIU Garden Club

Gabriela Muse | Contributing Writer Not everyone knows where their food comes from before it hits grocery stores. FIU’s Garden Club gives its members a behind-the-scenes of that process of growing produce.  The FIU Garden Club, founded through the Agroecology program under the Department of Health and the Environment, aims to educate members about gardening […]

Raisins Raise Awareness of Gov. Interference

In a rare win for private property this week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of raisin farmers’ refusal to give the state their extra produce without just compensation.

Aquatic agriculture topic of upcoming lecture

A professor of biology at Florida Keys Community College will be delivering a lecture on Aquaponics, a food production system that combines the raising of aquatic animals with the cultivation of plants in water.

Buying food the smart and healthy way

Image by Don-Pixel via Flickr Amid Bennaim | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com Since the 1970s there have been a lot of people who turn to vegetarianism as a way to reduce their negative effects on nature, the general pain and gloom of life for livestock and the guilt that comes from knowing that, when it […]

Students learn the importance of permaculture

It is a sticky Friday afternoon and more than 60 students are in a garden listening intently to a man enthusiastically discuss the importance of earthworms.

Farinas ticket wins presidency by 0.8 percent

Presidential candidate Laura Farinas and her running mate Alex Castro won the student government presidency at the Modesto Maidique campus in an election that brought out almost the second largest student voter turnout in the State University System.
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