September 2017 Contents
Inside Florida Trend's print and digital issue
Rural Florida
One of Florida's biggest underdeveloped areas - the massive property in east-central Florida owned by the Mormon Church - is opening itself to development.
Trendlines
Up Front
Rural Focus
Around the State highlights issues facing businesses and economic leaders in some of the state's rural counties. Research Florida features statewide researchers making headway into many areas of science.
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Wilson Bradshaw
“When I talk to young people today, and I tell them about attending segregated schools when I was growing up... they kind of gasp...”
Dining
Outside Influences
Chefs from New York and abroad are stepping up their presence in Miami.
Of Counsel
Unprofitable Cases
Non-profit Florida Rural Legal Services handles cases 'nobody would take.'
Editor's Page
Looney Tunes
These days, we tend to talk, and socialize, only with those who agree with us.
Research Florida
A Nobel Prize-winning German physicist brings his work - and the microscope he invented - to Florida. It's the only such microscope in the U.S.
Economic Backbone
Energy
Supply Side...
A Gainesville company sells natural gas to utilities in 15 states - and is pushing for deregulation in Florida's electric power markets.
A startup company in Volusia County is trying to develop a lightweight, environmentally friendly battery.
Electric vehicles, biodiesel-fueled trains, rooftop solar, utility notes
Around the State
Statewide
Rural Florida
Almost half of all Florida counties are classified as economically distressed.
MiamI-DADE
Crop Shift
Miami-Dade farmers have turned to ornamental plants and trees.
Southeast
Paddy Stakes
Rice farming surges in the Everglades.
Southwest
Fried Potatoes
Potatoes might not be in the future for one award-winning potato farm.
Central
Flipped Discs
Lake County taps niche sports to capitalize on its abundance of land.
Northeast
Mining Jobs
A phosphate-mining project promises jobs and draws opposition.
Northwest
Pasture-ized
AgReserves brings changes to northwest Florida.
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