UF/IFAS Florida Small Farms
First Coast Specialty Crop Conference in Jacksonville to provide practical skills for strengthening local agricultural communities. Online Registration Open! Mark your calendars, the UF/IFAS Small Farms and Alternative Enterprise conference is coming to Jacksonville. This conference has evolved… Read More
Two Specialty Crop Conferences in 2015 including Jacksonville and Apopka GAINESVILLE, Florida. May, 2015 – The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Extension Team is pleased to announce five… Read More
Take advantage of this opportunity from Florida NRCS! Application deadline for Environmental Quality Incentive Program Nov. 21 Florida farmers and ranchers can apply until Nov. 21 for financial assistance in fiscal year 2015 through the Environmental Quality Incentives… Read More
We would really like to thank you for attending the 2014 Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference. It was great to see how months of planning came to successful fruition on August 1st and 2nd. Check out the… Read More
The internet has changed the way of communication and how people do business. It has brought new possibilities to the traditional agricultural industry. Louise Divine, owner of Turkey Hill Farm, and Katie Harris, Full Earth Farm are Executive Co-directors… Read More
We are only five days away from the Conference Kick-off. Are you ready? Check out our coutndown timer. The conference starts in… Register here: http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/smallfarms/
Hugh Fred Dietrich III and his family owns Dietrich’s Flying D Ranch in Orlando, Florida. Dietrich is one of three winners for this year’s Innovative Farmer Award. Congratulations!! The ranch is a 600 acres family operation that was established during World War II, and… Read More
Steve Crump runs Vo-LaSalle Farms, a truly diversified farm in Volusia County producing 110 acres of citrus (65 of them are owned and 45 managed), 1 acre of verti-gro vegetables, 22 acres of beef cattle pasture, 45 acres of… Read More
Farmer Ken Ryan runs Herban Gardens in North Fort Myers, Florida. He is one of three winners for this year’s Innovative Farmer Award. Congratulations!! Ken is passionate about growing high quality food plants. His North Fort Myers farm… Read More
We interviewed Chef Tony Donnelly while meeting with him and the great team of Osceola Heritage Park, in final preparations for the conference. He shared with us his views about the upcoming Small Farms Conference and the local… Read More
