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Cows 'N Cabs has raised more than $2 million for Central Florida charities since it got its start in 2011

With help from a $5 million grant from Dr. Phillips, John Rivers and his team at 4Roots is ready to expand its Orlando-based Farm Campus.

The Coop is set to shut its doors for good on Sunday as rental costs go up — a consequence of Florida's nationwide popularity.

Wess St. Victor started making barbecue the same way many people do, right in his backyard.

Orlando's Packing District is starting to take shape.

Lakeland will soon be home to Polk County's first 4 Rivers Smokehouse location, according to the restaurant chain.

With prices soaring on everything from lumber to groceries, 4 Rivers Smokehouse is debuting a budget-friendly 'Inflation Menu.'

Y’all ... October begins tomorrow.

4R restaurant group, which operates 4 Rivers Smokehouse and The COOP, is now establishing a scholarship program for Black students in the state of Florida.

Amid all the construction in Orlando's growing Packing District, a farmers market is going to set up shop near the intersection Orange Blossom Trail and Princeton Avenue.

The 40-acre farm and educational campus being built in Orlando’s new Packing District by barbecue mogul John Rivers is getting a big boost from Dr. Phillips Charities in the form of a $5 million grant.

A new location of 4 Rivers Smokehouse is set to open up next year in Orlando's SoDo neighborhood.

John Rivers has been working on a plan to change the food system in Central Florida. He is now moving into phase one.

The 4Roots Cafe at the Orlando Science Center is now open to the public, not just visitors to the museum.

Florida restaurant chains 4 Rivers and PDQ are joining forces to sell a sandwich benefiting John Rivers' 4Roots farming initiative.

“We’re going to see vacancies rise all across the market, particularly in Lake Mary and downtown Orlando,” Alford said. Throughout Metro Orlando, 1.3 million square feet of office space is available, compared with about 891,000 in fourth quarter of last year. Before the pandemic, downtown was in the midst of a boom of new apartments. The downtown area still has more than $2 billion in projects in the pipeline, and counts more than 18,000 residents, according to the Orlando Downtown Development Board. But the group’s chief examples occurred far outside of downtown Orlando.