Brittany Hollon has farmed tropical fish on her family’s farm in north Lakeland since she was 13. The Urban Tropical Inc. farm sold about 1.94 million fish last year — mostly varieties of angel fish — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may be autumn in New England, but for Tim Silva and Danielle Orcutt the season has been decidedly tropical, and they've only ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Frosted oranges, strawberries encased in ice: The images of Florida’s freezes are familiar, sad and earthy. But just past the crop rows here in the state’s agricultural core, there ...

Aquaculture is not often thought about as being part of the agriculture industry; however, it is a big business in the Tampa Bay area. Aquaculture includes shellfish farms, food fish, aquatic plants, ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – It’s a tense time at Imperial Tropicals, one of central Florida’s largest ornamental fish farms. It will be days, if not weeks, before farmer Fran Drawdy discovers how the recent ...

For decades, Florida has led the U.S. in farming tropical fish. Now it faces pressure from development and competition from other countries. Bernadette Berdychowski is a reporter covering local ...

The story of Michael McGee, who raises ornamental tropical fish on his farm in Puerto Rico, beautiful delicate fish destined for pet shops and aquariums all over the island, is a complex one. So we ...