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Santa Rosa Farm Families Recognized For Environmental Leadership
September 25, 2018
Three Santa Rosa-based farmers and ranchers were honored for their environmental stewardship with a County Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship (CARES) award recently at the Jay Civic Center.
Recipients honored were Alan Edwards of Alan Edwards Farms, Tyler Brown of Brown Farms and Trent Mathews of Sweet Season Farms.
Alan Edwards is a fifth-generation farmer who farms cotton, soybeans, peanuts, wheat, hay and raises beef cattle. Tyler Brown is a first-generation cotton and peanut farmer. Trent Mathews raises cattle and grows row crops and owns an Agri-tourism operation, Sweet Season Farms.
The CARES program was established by Florida Farm Bureau and the Suwannee River Partnership in 2001 to recognize superior natural resource conservation by agricultural producers. The program relies on action by farmers and ranchers to implement state-of-the-art natural resource management systems, or Best Management Practices, on their properties.
“Florida’s farmers and ranchers answer the call to protect our environment while also producing our food supply,’ said Florida Farm Bureau CARES Coordinator Cacee Hilliard. “Demonstrating outstanding efforts to implement practices that reduce water and nutrient use and also improve water quality earn an agricultural producer recognition with a This Farm CARES designation and sign. The customized CARES sign is farmer/rancher’s tool to demonstrate to the general public that they are committed to protecting local natural resources.”
Florida farmers and ranchers depend upon the life-sustaining capacity of the natural resources they manage to maintain their livelihoods. Nearly 800 agriculturists statewide have received the CARES award since the program was established.
In partnership with more than 60 public agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource and Conservation Service, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida’s water management districts, agricultural organizations, businesses and local government, CARES has become a model for the rest of the nation.
Pictured: Awards presented Alan Edwards (top), Tyler Brown (below) and Trent Mathews (bottom). Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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A big thumbs up to all participants. The red tide in South Florida shows how important it is to have environmentally sound agricultural practices….Keep up the good work.