Director of Public Relations and Communications Position Open SUMMARY: Manages and administers Public Relations Division. Plans and supervises all public relations and communications activities directed to general public, media and Farm Bureau members. Provides regular public relations counsel and assistance for Farm Bureau volunteers and county Farm Bureau staff members. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Include the [...]
Assistant Director of Government and Community Affairs Position Open SUMMARY: Responsible for advocating, representing and communicating the Florida Farm Bureau Federation policy before state and federal agencies, and local governments in central and south Florida. Facilitate other natural resource, environmental and land use issues as assigned. Provide written and oral reports on meetings and activities [...]
HOW FFB MEMBERS ARE #CULTIVATINGTOMORROW
Cultivating Tomorrow: Madison County Farm Bureau President Richard Terry June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Madison County Farm Bureau President Richard Terry, left, presented the “George Townsend Good Neighbor Award” to Mrs. Deloris Jones at the Madison County Farm Bureau’s Annual Meeting in 2018. Richard Terry is a Madison County, FL native who has spent his life devoted [...]
New Citrus Family Harvests First Hemp Crop June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter By Phil Attinger, Staff Writer for midfloridanewspapers.com Two families gathered a week ago to harvest a small crop from a greenhouse, one with potential to be worth a couple of billion dollars in the next couple of years. It’s a crop that Jeff Williams [...]
Scientists Pluck Insects Out of the Sky for Research June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter A suction trap (center) with several agricultural engineering students with the University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign. (Photo by Doris Lagos-Kutz, ARS) Glen Hartman and Doris Lagos-Kutz, two scientists with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), are hard at work keeping nuisance insects out [...]
Recent Survey Finds Farming at Top of Important Florida Industries June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter A recent survey, commissioned by Florida Ag Coalition, found that a sweeping 98% of Floridians consider farming and ranching important. This survey was conducted among registered voters across the state. The consumer’s trust in Florida agriculture is stronger than ever before. [...]
Membership Acquisition Manager Position Now Open SUMMARY: Florida Farm Bureau Federation is the Sunshine State’s oldest and largest general agriculture organization. We pride ourselves in being the voice of Florida’s farmers and ranchers and keeping their traditions, values and heritage alive for generations to come. Since our founding in 1941, members have been an integral [...]
Virtual Hill to the Field Encourages Local Advocacy May 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Due to the pandemic and strictly regulated travel, the annual Field to the Hill advocacy trip to Washington, D.C. will not take place this year. Instead, Florida Farm Bureau has planned a Hill to the Field Advocacy Week beginning June 1, 2021. The [...]
USDA Listening Session for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers May 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter On Thursday, May 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. EST, FSA and AMS will be hosting a virtual listening session with beginning farmers and ranchers to hear how Covid-19 has impacted their farming operations—from market disruptions to supply chain issues. Beginning farmers and [...]
