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Join our Fight Against Food Insecurity

Join our Fight Against Food Insecurity June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Calling Florida Farmers and Ranchers: Join our Fight Against Food Insecurity and Help us feed Florida with Florida-Grown products! Florida Farm Bureau has united with Feeding Florida to ensure that fresh, Florida grown products reach food-insecure families in local communities statewide. Florida Farm Bureau has [...]

By |2023-06-06T15:56:25+00:00June 6th, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on Join our Fight Against Food Insecurity

SCOTUS Strikes EPA’s Expansive WOTUS Definition

SCOTUS Strikes EPA’s Expansive WOTUS Definition June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The United States Supreme Court struck down EPA’s expansive Waters of the United States (WOTUS) definition in a 9 – 0 ruling on Thursday, May 25! The reasoning was split, with five justices (Alito, Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett) largely adopting the Rapanos plurality decision on [...]

By |2023-06-05T20:00:07+00:00June 5th, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on SCOTUS Strikes EPA’s Expansive WOTUS Definition

Florida Pork Improvement Group Annual Meeting and Delegate Elections

Florida Pork Improvement Group Annual Meeting and Delegate Elections June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Public Notice by the Florida Pork Improvement Group and the National Pork Board The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2024 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 10:00am on Thursday, July 27, 2023 in conjunction [...]

By |2023-06-05T20:00:13+00:00June 5th, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on Florida Pork Improvement Group Annual Meeting and Delegate Elections

Growing Forward: Erin Jones, Gilchrist County

Growing Forward: Erin Jones, Gilchrist County June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Erin Jones Gilchrist County Farm Bureau President Erin Jones is a fifth generation Gilchrist County resident. Growing up, her family had cattle, hay and peanuts on their family farm in Bell. Her family has approximately 60 commercial beef cows and a Simmental Angus bull. Jones [...]

By |2023-06-05T16:54:10+00:00June 5th, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on Growing Forward: Erin Jones, Gilchrist County

2023 CARES Nominations Closing Soon

2023 CARES Nominations Closing Soon June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter As the voice of agriculture, Florida Farm Bureau Federation strives to honor farming and ranching families throughout the state through public recognition and by also telling their stories of environmental stewardship. Florida Farm Bureau’s County Alliance Responsible Environmental Stewardship (CARES) program publicly recognizes Florida farmers and [...]

By |2023-06-01T15:48:57+00:00June 1st, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on 2023 CARES Nominations Closing Soon

2023 Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference

2023 Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Young Farmers & Ranchers are between the ages of 18-35 who have a desire to network, share ideas, participate in community projects and hone their leadership skills. The Florida Farm Bureau has an array of opportunities for this group of young agriculturists to become [...]

By |2023-06-01T15:49:03+00:00June 1st, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on 2023 Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference

Director of State Legislative Affairs (Tallahasssee)

Director of State Legislative Affairs (Tallahasssee) This position manages and directs all activities of the State Legislative Affairs office. These include but are not limited to lobbying the state legislature, the Executive Office of the Governor, and state agencies; coordinating the Federation’s political activities on the state level; and educating/informing Farm Bureau members about legislative [...]

By |2023-05-12T20:37:35+00:00May 12th, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on Director of State Legislative Affairs (Tallahasssee)

Director of State Legislative Affairs (Tallahassee)

Director of State Legislative Affairs (Tallahassee) This position manages and directs all activities of the State Legislative Affairs office. These include but are not limited to lobbying the state legislature, the Executive Office of the Governor, and state agencies; coordinating the Federation’s political activities on the state level; and educating/informing Farm Bureau members about legislative [...]

By |2023-05-17T19:53:50+00:00May 12th, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on Director of State Legislative Affairs (Tallahassee)

Membership Assistant (Gainesville)

Membership Assistant (Gainesville) The primary responsibility of this position is to promote and maintain membership databases and provide marketing support to county Farm Bureau’s and Florida Farm Bureau. This is accomplished by assisting Florida Farm Bureau members, agents, county administrative assistants, home office personnel and outside companies with questions, issues and information that relate to [...]

By |2023-05-11T19:22:35+00:00May 11th, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on Membership Assistant (Gainesville)

AgWATCH Session Recap

AgWATCH Session Recap May 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter AgWATCH is an update of legislative issues affecting agriculture. Sine Die On Friday, May 5th, at eleven o’clock in the morning, the Sergeants dropped the handkerchiefs and the 2023 Legislative Session celebrated sine die! While this year’s legislative session certainly saw its fair share of controversial and headline [...]

By |2023-05-10T15:09:02+00:00May 10th, 2023|Florida Farm Bureau|Comments Off on AgWATCH Session Recap
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