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USDA Stands Up New Team to Better Serve Beginning Farmers and Ranchers October FloridaAgriculture eNewsletter The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is standing up a new team that will lead a department-wide effort focused on serving beginning farmers and ranchers. To institutionalize support for beginning farmers and ranchers and to build upon prior agency work, [...]
Your Land Grant Partner October FloridAgriculture eNewsletter By J. Scott Angle jangle@ufl.edu @IFAS_VP Baker County Farm Bureau President Robert Norman recently talked to me about farming’s risk-reward ratio. In short, that’s high risk, not so high reward. I share his concern. Some reports indicate that a farmer gets only 8 cents of each dollar spent [...]
Duval County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee Tallahassee Field Trip October FloridAgriculture ENewsletter Jessica Bright McMullen is a chef who works closely with the farmers in the Tallahassee region, using seasonal, locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. While in Tallahassee in December to attend Florida Farm Bureau Day, the Duval County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee [...]
Why You Should be Concerned About Ballot Amendment 2 in November October FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Ballot Amendment 2 is a Constitutional amendment for voters to consider on November 3 that will raise the mandatory minimum wage in Florida to $15 an hour. This will increase payroll costs for businesses with minimum wage workers by up to [...]
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Get Recognized at the Florida Farm Bureau State Annual Meeting We’re looking for video submissions surrounding #StillFarming and Farm Bureau Gives Back efforts for use at the Florida Farm Bureau Annual Meeting and during the AFBF Convention and on digital platforms. We’re looking for on-the-farm videos of members and/or member families saying their name, state [...]
Be the Voice. Live the Legacy: County President Profile FloridAgriculture eNewsletter September 2020 Glen Whitworth, Jr., President Palm Beach County Farm Bureau Palm Beach County Farm Bureau President Glen Whitworth, Jr., has deep roots in South Florida agriculture. The seventh generation Floridian and a third generation farmer has a goal to help change the modern [...]
Broward County Farm Bureau Receives County Leader Award FloridAgriculture eNewsletter September 2020 Broward County Farm Bureau has received the American Farm Bureau Federation’s County Leader Award for donating to the AFBF Foundation. The award recognizes county Farm Bureaus where each member of the board donates at least $25 to the Foundation. Broward County Farm Bureau [...]
Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture FloridAgriculture eNews, September 2020 Scott Angle studio and location portraits at Lake Alice. You’re probably not going to get an edge on your global competitors with cheaper labor, more government support or lenient environmental regulation. You’re going to do it with technology. The most important thing UF/IFAS will do for the [...]
Florida Farm Bureau Spreads the Love of Peanut Butter FloridAgriculture eNewsletter, September 2020 Florida Farm Bureau Federation will contribute 120,960 jars of peanut butter to Florida food banks statewide to help families facing hunger due to the pandemic. “We are proud to provide a non-perishable food item such as peanut butter to food-insecure families across [...]
