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Mr. Dietrich has previously been inducted into the Santa Gertrudis Breeders International Hall of Fame, the Florida 4-H Hall of Fame, the Florida FFA Hall of Fame and the Florida Auctioneer Hall of Fame. He has also received the National Agricultural Education Association’s Outstanding Educator Award as well as its Lifetime Achievement Award.
John L. Jackson’s professional career spanned more than five decades serving Florida’s agricultural industry, including 38 years as a county extension agent for the University of Florida’s Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) in Central Florida. He founded two weather alert systems to inform producers of the latest forecasts and assist them with protection efforts during freeze and other weather events, Weather Watch and the Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN). He was also instrumental in encouraging citrus producers to use reclaimed water for irrigation and establishing the Mid Florida Citrus Foundation as the research arm of the effort. Mr. Jackson’s other noteworthy accomplishments include the establishment of an annual equipment operator’s school, now known as Farm Safety Day; the Central Florida 4-H Citrus Project, which over a 20-year period engaged more than two thousand middle and high school students in agriculture; successful revitalization of the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame; and other innovations such as the initiation of grower meetings for citrus producers and the promotion of integrating technology into agricultural operations.
Robert “Robbie” Roberson has owned and managed successful nursery operations for the ornamental plant industry for more than 40 years. He was a founding member of the Florida Foliage Association and later an active leader with the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA). He played a pivotal role in the creation of the UF/IFAS Mid -Florida Research and Education Center, including leading efforts to secure more than $14 million in funding for the con- solidation of research centers throughout the region into one state of the art facility. Mr. Roberson is a previous inductee into the FNGLA Hall of Fame. He was a founding chair of the Apopka Foliage Festival and is engaged in several other community efforts. He is also well known for his advocacy work for the agricultural in- dustry on the local, state and national levels and has served in leadership roles in the Florida Farm Bureau Federation as well as Farm Credit of Central Florida.
The Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame honors men and women who have made lasting contributions to agriculture in this state and to mentoring of our youth, who represent the future of agriculture in Florida.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECIVED BY MARCH 1, 2020
Application rules and application forms are available at
floridafairs.org Mail to:
Florida Federation of Fairs P.O. Box 368
Palmetto, FL 34220-0368
APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECIVED BY MARCH 1, 2020
Application rules and application forms are available at
floridafairs.org Mail to:
Florida Federation of Fairs P.O. Box 368, Palmetto, FL 34220-0368
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