Florida Commissioner’s Spotlight: Don’t Pack a Pest

Randall Weiseman June 23, 2014 Citrus, Field Crops, FL Commissioner Report, Florida, General, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Seeds, Specialty Crops

Adam Putnam

On this week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talks to Franko Galoso about the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service’s “Don’t Pack a Pest” campaign, which helps protect Florida’s $100 billion agriculture industry from the threat of invasive pests.

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