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On February 18th, Florida FFA members from across the state gathered in Tallahassee for a day at the Capitol. This educational event provided students the opportunity to tour various parts of the city, as well as the Florida Historic Capitol Museum and the current Capitol building. FFA members also visited with their legislators to share …
“Fresh From Florida” member Sweetwater Organic Community Farm will celebrate this year’s grand opening of “Sweetwater Sundays” farmers market on Sunday, October 18. Now in its tenth year, the farmers market will run every Sunday, except for Easter Sunday, through May 2016 from noon to 4 p.m. Sweetwater Organic Community Farm is an urban organic …
Consumer demand for locally grown foods and agritourism activities continue to rise. According to the USDA’s 2012 Census of Agriculture, farmers’ markets in the United States have expanded by 180 percent since 2006, and on-farm agritourism events have increased by 24 percent since 2007. What is agritourism? The definition according to our Florida Statutes “means …
The Florida Agriculture Museum is pleased to announce an addition to their Cracker cattle herd with the birth of a handsome red bull calf. Florida Cracker cattle are a part of Florida’s living history, being descendents of the first European breeds of cattle to arrive in the Americas. The Florida Cracker cattle breed is still …
