Florida’s Young Farmers Working To Bridge Generation Gap

Florida Farm Bureau is scheduled to hold its state Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership Conference at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club July 17-19.

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More than 180 young people representing Florida’s next farming generation will attend various leadership development seminars at the three-day conference so that they can better promote agriculture in their own communities.

Florida Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) are members between the ages of 18 and 35 who volunteer their time to speak out for agriculture in their local communities. They support the hunger relief charity Feeding America and have helped contribute an estimated 15 million pounds of fruits and vegetables to assist needy Floridians this year.

The conference will feature The Peterson Farm Brothers as guest speakers. The trio of brothers educate the public on what they do in farming and how important agriculture is as a whole by using entertaining videos broadcast on social media to tell the story. Several of their video productions have gone viral.

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam will be the closing speaker.

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Breakout sessions will address biotechnology, financial planning, communication, political education, and event marketing.

Click here to view the conference agenda.

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