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July 13, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is working to connect Florida producers with consumers and businesses to purchase Florida products. In light of recent market disruptions caused by COVID-19, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer…
Read More Florida Farm To You, FDACS Connects Consumers and Farmers
July 12, 2020 By: Jim Frankowiak Florida (Fla.) – The COVID-19 crisis has substantially impacted Florida’s agricultural industry with new challenges on how to protect workers who are essential to keeping our nation’s food supply flowing. The University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences…
Read More UF Surveying Florida’s AG Industry; Seeking Participants
July 12, 2020 By: Staff Report FLORIDA – Farmers and ranchers are invited to submit nominations for the 2021 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year contest, brought to you by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. The contest celebrates farm dogs who work alongside their people to…
Read More Your Pup Could be Farm Dog of the Year July 2020
July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried hosted a virtual press conference with nonprofit leaders to announce a $100,000 Walmart Foundation grant project to fight food insecurity in Florida’s rural communities. “Despite Florida growing over 300 commodities and…
Read More Commissioner Nikki Fried, Nonprofit Leaders Announce $100,000 Walmart Rural Food Grant
July 8, 2020 By: Staff Report Tallahassee, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced it will award $440,913 to six Florida-based recipients for the Farm to School Grant program. The Florida awardees include the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)…
Read More Florida Receives $440,000 in USDA Farm to School Grant Funds
July 7, 2020 By: Jim Frankowiak PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Pasco County Cooperative Extension Service is offering a free “Meet & Greet” mandatory online preview session July 23 for anyone interest in applying for the…
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June 26, 2020 By: Jim Frankowiak TAMPA FLORIDA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is now accepting applications for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) through an online portal, expanding the options available to producers to apply for this program,…
Read More USDA Offers Online Options for Farmers/Ranchers to Apply for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
June 26, 2020 Tallahassee, Fla. — Thursday, in response to skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, an independently-elected member of the Florida Cabinet, called on the Governor to issue a statewide mask order: “With 31,299 new cases in the past week alone, Florida has emerged as…
Read More Commissioner Nikki Fried Calls for Florida Statewide Mask Order
June 24, 2020 By: Brad Buck FLORIDA USA – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of bilingual UF/IFAS Extension agents has created a series of educational videos to market its services and provide educational information to underserved Spanish-speaking audiences throughout Florida. Known as the…
Read More UF/IFAS Extension Faculty Produce Videos to Educate Latinx Population During Pandemic
June 24, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla.- Residents throughout Hillsborough County, including Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City, and MacDill Air Force Base, can pick up free fish from Hillsborough County Mosquito Management Services to help reduce backyard mosquito breeding. Free Fish Folks. Last week,…
Read More Get Free Fish to Battle Mosquitos, Mobile Mosquito fish Truck Events Saturday