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FFA Corner
Students Score Well in Competitions, Gear Up for Sub-Districts by JESSICA ANDERSON Polk County FFA...
Students Accept the Challenge to Promote Agriculture Literacy
by JASMYN BILLANO, Polk County FFA Federation Vice-President From hurricanes to cold fronts, Polk County...
Kicking Off Competition Season With Fall Preliminaries
by TESSA MULLIS, Polk County FFA Federation Officer With school back in session, FFA chapters...
Plenty of FFA Events on Tap for Fall
by LINDSEY TRUE, Polk County FFA Federation Vice President Hey everybody! Welcome to the 2022-23...
Summer Didn’t Slow FFA Member Participation
by CHARLEIGH WOOD, Polk County FFA Federation President School may have been out for the...
In the Heartland: Mark Your Calendar
Cattlewomen’s Annual Fun Shoot Funds to Go to Scholarships by DAPHNE RENELUS If you’ve never...
Ag Rec Update: The Florida Python Challenge™ 2020 Python Bowl
The Florida Everglades is an extraordinary ecosystem unlike any other in the world! It is...
Polk County Farm Bureau President’s Letter: December 2019
Polk County Farm Bureau members traveled to Tallahassee this month to hold discussions of key...
Kidz Outdoors Forming Relationships, Fighting Childhood Diseases
by MATT NORMAN The great outdoors have long served as a way to explore and...
AgriShopper: Tools for Making Cooking Easier
When you live in an agriculture minded state and strive to keep a healthy lifestyle...
Harvest Time
Farm Safety 101 While the total number of agricultural fatalities has been decreasing in recent...
Florida Roots
Florida’s Favorite Red, Juicy, Triangle by MARY TOOTHMAN There’s no question that watermelon is a...
Harvest Time: Catching up With Tom West Blueberries
How Did the Farm’s Switch from Citrus to Berries Pan Out? by MARY TOOTHMAN The...
@griTech
Looking to the Soil for Solutions in the Fight Against Greening On 15 acres at...
Recipe Spotlight
Adding Citrus to Your Summertime Cookout We have determined that every day is cookout day...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner
Preserving Our Way of Life With more than 1,000 people moving to Florida every day...
Recipe Spotlight: Favorite Recipes that Paint Your Plate Blue
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN cooking and eating Central Florida blueberries since I...
Recipe Spotlight: It’s easy cooking green
For good health and good rating, snap the beans and boil the collards FARM-GROWN...
Recipe Spotlight: What to do with all those strawberries from your U-pick adventures
SO, YOU AND THE KIDS went strawberry picking. Or, you and the kids went strawberry...
Ag Time with Abby: Celebrating the many ‘firsts’ from the Polk County Youth Fair
THE 2017 ANNUAL POLK COUNTY YOUTH FAIR has come and gone. Every year is a...
