Young Farmers & Ranchers Gather for Annual Conference The 2023 Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership Conference brought together more than 200 agriculturalists from across the state. Themed Growing Forward, the conference focused on equipping participants with leadership skills, industry insights and networking opportunities. Throughout the conference, participants engaged in a series of breakout sessions and [...]
Growing Forward, NoraBeth Carpenter July 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter NoraBeth Carpenter Women’s Leadership Committee, District 2 Having grown up on her family’s farm and being a lifelong Farm Bureau member, NoraBeth Carpenter strives every day to educate her community and family about the importance of agriculture. Carpenter was inspired by watching her grandfather, father and uncles [...]
Join our Fight Against Food Insecurity June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Calling Florida Farmers and Ranchers: Join our Fight Against Food Insecurity and Help us feed Florida with Florida-Grown products! Florida Farm Bureau has united with Feeding Florida to ensure that fresh, Florida grown products reach food-insecure families in local communities statewide. Florida Farm Bureau has [...]
SCOTUS Strikes EPA’s Expansive WOTUS Definition June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The United States Supreme Court struck down EPA’s expansive Waters of the United States (WOTUS) definition in a 9 – 0 ruling on Thursday, May 25! The reasoning was split, with five justices (Alito, Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett) largely adopting the Rapanos plurality decision on [...]
Florida Pork Improvement Group Annual Meeting and Delegate Elections June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Public Notice by the Florida Pork Improvement Group and the National Pork Board The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2024 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 10:00am on Thursday, July 27, 2023 in conjunction [...]
Growing Forward: Erin Jones, Gilchrist County June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Erin Jones Gilchrist County Farm Bureau President Erin Jones is a fifth generation Gilchrist County resident. Growing up, her family had cattle, hay and peanuts on their family farm in Bell. Her family has approximately 60 commercial beef cows and a Simmental Angus bull. Jones [...]
2023 CARES Nominations Closing Soon June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter As the voice of agriculture, Florida Farm Bureau Federation strives to honor farming and ranching families throughout the state through public recognition and by also telling their stories of environmental stewardship. Florida Farm Bureau’s County Alliance Responsible Environmental Stewardship (CARES) program publicly recognizes Florida farmers and [...]
2023 Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference June 2023 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Young Farmers & Ranchers are between the ages of 18-35 who have a desire to network, share ideas, participate in community projects and hone their leadership skills. The Florida Farm Bureau has an array of opportunities for this group of young agriculturists to become [...]
Director of State Legislative Affairs (Tallahasssee) This position manages and directs all activities of the State Legislative Affairs office. These include but are not limited to lobbying the state legislature, the Executive Office of the Governor, and state agencies; coordinating the Federation’s political activities on the state level; and educating/informing Farm Bureau members about legislative [...]
Director of State Legislative Affairs (Tallahassee) This position manages and directs all activities of the State Legislative Affairs office. These include but are not limited to lobbying the state legislature, the Executive Office of the Governor, and state agencies; coordinating the Federation’s political activities on the state level; and educating/informing Farm Bureau members about legislative [...]
