This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is on how Florida teachers and other youth activity coordinators with students aged 10 to 15 can win a cooking session to learn “Xtreme Cuisine” techniques for preparing healthy, kid-friendly recipes.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is informing Florida agricultural producers that even if they don’t have crop insurance or non-insured crop disaster assistance coverage (NAP) that qualifies them for compensation under the government’s disaster programs, they can still take advantage of a waiver that permits them to pay a “buy-in” fee that will allow them to still be eligible for disaster assistance.
The deadline to file the waiver application and pay the applicable fees is September 16th.
More information can be found online at Buy-In Waiver.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about how the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services helped Florida seafood companies make sales at the European Seafood Exposition earlier this year.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the affect of rising fuel costs on our food supply.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the recent salmonella outbreak and its impact on Florida’s tomato industry.
Commissioner Bronson appeared before a congressional subcommittee in Washington, D.C. on July 31st to discuss the federal government’s handling of the matter. To read the text of the Commissioner’s testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, click on Commissioner’s Comments.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about how Ag producers can reduce their risks by making sure that Ag dealers they sell to are licensed. To check online to see if a particular Ag dealer is properly licensed and bonded, click on Dealer Search.
To check online to see which agricultural dealers (licensed and unlicensed) have claims for non-payment filed against them, click on Claims Against Dealers.
WASHINGTON — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson appeared before a congressional subcommittee here today to discuss the federal government’s handling of the ongoing salmonella outbreak and its impact on Florida’s tomato industry. A text of the Commissioner’s testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee follows. Read the rest of this entry »
Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner will have a busy week shuttling between testimony before Congress and his Farm to Fuel Summit in Orlando…This in late Wednesday from the Florida Dept of Agriculture:
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson will testify before a congressional subcommittee at 10 a.m.,
Thursday, July 31, in Room 2123,
Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, D.C.,
about the nation’s salmonella outbreak and its impact on Florida’s tomato growers.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about laurel wilt disease. More information about the topic can be found on the web sites of the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Divisions of Plant Industry, Forestry, and Marketing and Development.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about this year’s Southern Pine Beetle cost-share program for eligible non-industrial private forest landowners. For information about the program, click on Southern Pine Beetle Cost-Share Program.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about protecting your home from woodland fires by being “Firewise.”
For more home fire safety tips from the Florida Division of Forestry, click on “Firewise.” To read an article about how landscaping can be used to protect your home while making it more beautiful, click on “Firewise Landscaping.”
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the Suwannee River Partnership CARES recognition event scheduled for July 1 at the Stansel Farm and Nursery in Wellborn.
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that Florida-grown tomatoes have been deemed safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has been added to the agency’s list of states with “safe to eat” tomatoes. FDA’s website is updated in the evening and will reflect the change.
“I was confident Florida was not the problem and was not the source of the salmonella outbreak impacting other states,” Bronson said. “Florida tomato growers have one of the most stringent tomato production programs in the nation. They initiated the heightened safety standards several years ago to ensure public confidence in their product.” Read the rest of this entry »
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the upcoming 2008 Farm to Fuel Summit being held July 30th through August 1st, at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about development of a long-term management plan for the Babcock ranch, one of the largest conservation purchases in the state’s history.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the new fuel quality standards for gasoline/ethanol blends. More information is available on the web at: Gasoline/Ethanol Blend Standards.
For information about the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ efforts to promote the development of alternative fuels and energy sources, click Farm to Fuel.
It is with great sadness and tremendously heavy hearts we report of the passing of Lee V. McCoy, known to many of his legions of friends and colleagues as the “RealMcCoy”. Lee lost his battle with cancer early morning Thursday May 22 in a Georgia hospital, admitted the Monday before in a bout with pneumonia.
Please find details regarding Lee’s memorial services at the end of this news post.
For nearly a decade until making a move into a new career opportunity last year, Lee was a regional representative of this radio network. He travelled the region and nation, and occassionally overseas, newsgathering and representing the network from his home location Read the rest of this entry »
(OKEECHOBEE, Fla.)—Twenty-nine farmers were honored for their environmental stewardship Thursday at the Okeechobee County Agri-Civic Center. The owners of the agricultural operations were recognized by Florida Farm Bureau’s County Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship (CARES) program for their outstanding efforts in implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs).
Rep. Denise Grimsley hosted the event along with Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson, Florida Farm Bureau President John L. Hoblick and Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Sole attending to help recognize the farmers. Read the rest of this entry »
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the impressive showing by Florida wines at the International Wine and Grape Juice Competition in Tampa earlier this year.
For information on the web about the competition, click here.
For a list of Florida wineries and vineyards, click here.
To visit the web site of the Florida Grape Growers Association, click here.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the television feature, “Africanized Bees: Coping with the Challenge,” that will be airing nationwide on RFD-TV on April 23rd at 6:30 p.m. (ET).
To view this Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services video production, click here.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the outlook for this wildfire season. More information can be found on the web site of the Division of Forestry.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is on how Florida teachers and other youth activity coordinators with students aged 10 to 15 can win a cooking session to learn “Xtreme Cuisine” techniques for preparing healthy, kid-friendly recipes. 
It is with great sadness and tremendously heavy hearts we report of the passing of Lee V. McCoy, known to many of his legions of friends and colleagues as the “RealMcCoy”. Lee lost his battle with cancer early morning Thursday May 22 in a Georgia hospital, admitted the Monday before in a bout with pneumonia. 
