Florida Commissioner’s Spotlight: Summer BreakSpot

Randall Weiseman May 16, 2016 Ag "Outdoors", FL Commissioner Report, Florida, General

Adam Putnam

On this week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talks about the Summer BreakSpot Program in which the Department partners with several thousand locations across Florida to offer free, nutritious meals to children in need during the summer months.

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To learn more about the Summer Break Spot Program, click here.

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