About the Program
The UF/IFAS Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources develops leaders to ensure a strong and adaptable Florida agriculture and natural resources industry for generations to come. The program includes 11 educational seminars over a 22-month period. Each seminar contains leadership skill building, ANR issues education and exposure to cultural, social, political and economic issues. Nine seminars are held in locations throughout Florida. There is one national seminar held in Washington, DC and one other region of the country. The capstone experience is a two-week international seminar.
Class XI
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Cattle Herd
Florida Cattle
Florida Citrus
Florida Watermelon
DC
Class IV with Jeb Bush
Class XI
Class XI in Morocco
Class XI in Portugal
Florida Agriculture Facts *
Florida Agriculture Facts *
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has 2 time zones? The Gulf Coast of Florida has both Eastern and Central time zones.
Capital: Tallahassee
Population: 21,477,737
Founded: March 3, 1845 (27th)
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Tree: Sabal Palmetto
State Flower: Orange Blossom
Number of Counties: 67
Largest City: Jacksonville - 911,507
Nickname: Sunshine State
Number of Farms: 47,000
Average Farm Size: 201 acres
Total Farmland: 9.25 million acres
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Floridas top 5 commodities are:
greenhouse/nursery products
oranges
sugarcane
cattle and calves
dairy products
93% of orange production in the Florida will be processed as Orange Juice
The top leading crops are greenhouse and nursery products
Flordia is 2nd in fresh vegetables production, 3rd in the Southeast and 13th for beef calves
Florida has the biggest variety of aquatic seeds in the nation
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The Florida keys are made up of 1,700 islands
St. Augustine has ‘love trees’. The trees grow on and through each other
Cape Coral has over 400 miles of waterways in the city making it the world’s largest interconnected waterway
Walt Disney World is the most visited and biggest resort.
Echo-1, NASA’s first communication satellite satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral
Florida is the 2nd largest tomato producing state
Florida has the 2nd longest coastline of the lower 48 states and it is the only state to border the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
Florida has the highest amount of people over 65
Cuba is only 100 miles away
St. Augustine is the oldest continuously lived in city in the US
The Everglades is the only place in the world home to American crocodile and alligator
Florida is the largest producer of citrus fruits
Wakulla springs is the largest and deepest freshwater spring
