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FDACS Encourages Growers to Take Crop Insurance Actions by Deadlines

August 8, 2020 By: Staff Report Tallahassee, Fla.- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is encouraging Florida produce growers to be aware of upcoming crop insurance deadlines, including for a new USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) program. Cabbage crop insurance: Florida cabbage growers face an August 15 deadline…

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USDA Stands Up New Team to Better Serve Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Florida and the US Virgin Islands

August 5, 2020 By: Staff Report GAINESVILLE, Florida, – 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…

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Commissioner Nikki Fried Launches “Be SMART Florida” Statewide COVID-19 Campaign

August 3, 2020 By: Staff Report Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced the launch of Be SMART Florida, a new statewide COVID-19 consumer awareness campaign asking Floridians to take small actions with proven results to slow the pandemic’s spread. A nonpartisan, bilingual, multi-channel awareness campaign, Be SMART Florida is an…

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Polk County – Braswell Wants Florida Farmers to ‘Flood’ D.C. Today

August 3, 2020 By: Jim Frankowiak BARTOW, Fla. – Florida blueberry farmer Bill Braswell, who is also a member of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners, wants farmers in the Sunshine State to let their congressional representative’s trade relief is needed now. “Florida’s growers…

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AFB Announces New Agriculture Resources for Parents and Teachers

August 1, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is providing educators and parents with tools that can be adapted to traditional, virtual and home classrooms to help students learn how food is grown. The Foundation has also awarded $17,000…

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‘Should Report them Immediately’ FDACS warns of Chinese Seeds

July 28, 2020 By: Staff Report FDACS PR Tallahassee, Fla. – The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is warning Floridians about unsolicited packages of seeds received through the mail. The seed packets, which may arrive unexpectedly in packages bearing Chinese characters, may bear the name China Post, and may be…

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Commissioner Nikki Fried Hosts Healthcare Roundtable with Frontline Workers

Jul 24, 2020 Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, an independently-elected member of the Florida Cabinet, hosted a virtual roundtable with frontline healthcare workers on Florida’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioner Fried was joined by Dr. Ron Saff, Board Member of Florida Physicians for Social Responsibility; Dr. Mona Mangat,…

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Master Gardener Volunteers Introduce Book To Help Youth Grow Up “Florida Friendly”

July 21, 2020 By: Jim Frankowiak LUTZ, Fla. – Florida grade school children can now learn the nine principles of Florida-Friendly Landscaping ™ (FFL) – guidelines that help yards thrive and protect Florida’s waterways – from a new book written and illustrated by two Florida…

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