- Threats, fraud, theft and other crimes in Riverside area March 6, 2010A 36-year-old Riverside wo- man reported that her ex-boyfriend has been threatening her by telephone since Feb. 7. She recently changed her cell phone number, but he somehow obtained the new number. His comments include: "You will pay. I am not afraid of the police and I don't care if I live or die and contacting police could be the worst thing you […]Times-Union
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- Riverside man drumming up support for a children's ensemble March 6, 2010A master percussionist, new to Jacksonville, has drummed up an idea. Professional drummer Ken Anoff, who has traveled the world performing and training, hopes to create the Jacksonville Youth Drum Ensemble, a nonprofit performance troop of 15-20 students, grade 5 and up, playing African and Middle Eastern drums.read more […]Times-Union
Jacksonville Westside Farms
Author: jaxwestsideinfo
When I was growing up I thought that most of our produce came from farms around town. There use to be a lot of family farms on the north and westside of Jacksonville. I went looking for information about farms on the Westside to do a feature for this blog. Now I know that times are very tough right now and the family farm is being pushed out due to so called “PROGRESS” and the construction of new homes but can we really do without the family farm or even local farmers? With the prices of food, gas, etc. don’t we really need to go back to some of the basics of life? To that end I am looking for information about small family farms on the Westside. I believe there is still some room on the Westside of Jacksonville for small farmers to thrive and supply some of the other Jacksonville residences with much needed organically grown produce. If you are such a farmer or know of someone who is we would like to hear from you!
I have sent out some emails to some of the people who sell at the local farmers markets around town and hope to get some responses however I don’t believe that any of them are on the Westside. There is one listing for the Oakleaf GreenMarket but it closed for the season at the end of November and their website is still under construction. There are other “Open-Air” markets opened one day a week in Mandarin, The Town Center and the Beaches area. There is also the year-round Farmers Market on Beaver Street. Come-On Westsiders! What are you doing to promote your local farmers in your area?
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