Tour Suwannee County Farm: learn how family conserves natural resources, mitigates climate change

Learn what local Florida farmers are doing to adapt to the changes in climate and conserve natural resources while still making a living. The media is invited to the dinner at 5 p.m. and tour the farm after. If you want to attend the dinner, please RSVP at Suwanee County Extension Office, 386-362-2771.  For more information contact Joel Love, 386-688-3730 or joel.love@freshfromflorida.com

 

Renee Bodine

NRCS

Public Affairs Florida

Desk 352.338.9565

Cell 352.514.8292

 

Tour Suwannee County Family Farm

 

WHAT:  Tour of the Claude and Sammy Starlings’ Farm demonstrates sustainable farming for more profit, less risk and less impact on the environment. Experts will show:

 

·         Peanut strip-tilled into Bahiagrass

·         Peanut fertilizer trials

·         Short-term Bahiagrass for seed and grazing

·         Summary of benefits of sod based rotation

·         Adaptive farming techniques

·         Farmer experiences strip-tilling directly into grass

 

WHERE:  17780 128th Street Live Oak, FL 32060-5595

WHEN:  Aug. 19, 5 p.m. Tour begins after dinner.

WHO:  Landowners, UF IFAS Extension, Suwannee County Conservation district, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service.

RSVP to Suwanee County Extension Office, 386-362-2771. 

CONTACT: Joel Love, 386-688-3730, joel.love@freshfromflorida.com