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Community Spotlight | AmSkills bootcamps help prepare job candidates for the growing manufacturing field

June 2, 2022 michele525 Comments Off on Community Spotlight | AmSkills bootcamps help prepare job candidates for the growing manufacturing field

The Tampa Bay area has the most manufacturing jobs in the state of Florida, according to AmSkills CEO, Tom Mudano. The problem is that many potential job applicants don’t know what manufacturing is in today’s world and they lack the basic soft and technical skills to qualify for an entry-level position. […]

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Community Spotlight | Can A Free Phone App Help Stem Local Hunger? Depends – Are You In?

April 24, 2022 michele525 Comments Off on Community Spotlight | Can A Free Phone App Help Stem Local Hunger? Depends – Are You In?

Where to turn the hunger tide can start right where we are – if we can connect the dots. Maybe create a food waste supply chain of sorts that feeds the people in one way or another – whether it be at the local soup kitchen, food distribution site, or as compost fertilizer at a local farm or in the community garden. […]

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Working the Land: Urban Gardening Guru Jim Kovaleski Nurtures Food from His Front Yard to Your Dinner Table

January 31, 2021 michele525 Comments Off on Working the Land: Urban Gardening Guru Jim Kovaleski Nurtures Food from His Front Yard to Your Dinner Table

Seven a.m. on a Tuesday morning and Jim Kovalseki is up and at ’em in the front yard of his New Port Richey home, pulling bunches of radishes and turnips out of the soil as the sun gets to burning off the dewy mist that settled in overnight. […]