FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Florida Agriculture Literacy Day

Randall Weiseman February 9, 2009 FL Commissioner Report

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc.’s sixth annual Florida Agriculture Literacy Day, scheduled for Tuesday March 24, 2009.

More information is available on the web by clicking on FL Ag Literacy Day and FL Ag in the Classroom.

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