Recognizing Women In Agriculture An Honor And Privilege

Like standing on the shoulders of giants, every generation owes a certain amount of credit to the hard-working people who came before them. Recently, I had the honor of recognizing one of the “giants” of Florida’s agriculture community.

2015 Florida Ag Woman of the Year Lisa Hinton with Adam Putnam

2015 Florida Ag Woman of the Year Lisa Hinton receives congratulations from Adam Putnam.
Photo courtesy of FDACS

Lisa Hinton is a fifth-generation Floridian, life-long agriculturist, and Executive Director of the Florida Federation of Fairs, and I was proud to recognize her as the 2015 Woman of the Year in Agriculture last month at the Florida State Fair. Lisa has dedicated her life to the advancement of Florida agriculture and agriculture education and youth programs.

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Lisa served as the Director of Agribusiness for the Florida State Fair where she developed nationally recognized youth programs in agriculture that reflected her philosophy of “we’re raising kids, not animals.”

In addition, when the National Future Farmers of America Organization voted to allow female membership in 1970, a young Hinton jumped at the opportunity to join. She later became the first female to be elected a State Future Farmers of America officer in Florida.

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Lisa is a true advocate for Florida agriculture. The programs she has implemented and the individuals she has inspired will have a lasting impact on Florida agriculture for generations to come.

I thank Lisa for her years of dedicated service and contributions to Florida agriculture.

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