Florida Commissioner’s Spotlight: Agriculture Literacy Day

Randall Weiseman May 9, 2016 Cattle, Citrus, Field Crops, FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Forestry, General, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops

Adam Putnam

On this week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talks about Florida’s Agriculture Literacy Day in which volunteers visited elementary school classrooms to educate students on the importance of agriculture.

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