Florida SART: Florida State Agricultural Response Team

Planning Meeting to Feature …

Florida SART Planning Meetings have always featured dynamic individuals and speakers. Follow-up surveys indicate that attendees both enjoyed and learned! In years past, we have heard from the Commissioner of Agriculture (Charles Bronson), More ... from the head of FEMA (Craig Fugate) and from many subject matter experts such as Lisa Pederson (North Dakota). Check out the agenda to see who's making presentations this year. << Back

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Fresh From Florida – Strawberries

FDACS has launched a public information campaign to educate Floridians about the value, taste and health benefits of produce grown in the Sunshine State. More ... This year, it highlights strawberries, tomatoes and sweet corn with billboards in most metropolitan areas. Nevertheless, the 10,000-acre Florida strawberry industry is under relentless pressure from a foreign invader – agricultural competition. << Back

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Biggest Burmese Python – in Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History herpetology researchers in Gainesville spent several months reconstructing the skeleton of a Burmese python that measured 17 feet 7 inches in length. More ...The reptile was taken to the museum after it was captured in Everglades National Park in April 2012. When Museum researchers performed a necropsy they discovered it weighed 164.5 pounds and contained 87 eggs, both Florida state records for this invasive and damaging species. << Back

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