Celebrate Florida

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Celebrate Florida Discover the Uniqueness of Everything Florida.

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Small Towns

Parks & Recreation

Agriculture


State Marine Mammal

Manatee Hulett Farms is a family owned & operated farm known for their sweet corn.

Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett also known as “The Corn Man.”

Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett – also known as the corn. Hulett Farms also grows a wide variety of other crops. Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett – also known as the corn.

Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett – also known as the corn. Todd Hulett started selling corn in 1980. Hulett Farms farm market.

Hulett Farms grows sweet corn on 45 acres of land.


State Bird

Mockingbird Hulett Farms is a family owned & operated farm known for their sweet corn. Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett - also known as “The Corn Man.” Hulett Farms farm market is open from July - October.

Todd Hulett started selling corn in 1980.

Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett - also known as “The Corn Man.” Hulett Farms grows some of their crops in a greenhouse. Hulett Farms grows some of their crops in a greenhouse. Hulett Farms also grows a wide variety of other crops.

Hulett Farms grows sweet corn on 45 acres of land.


State Tree

Palmetto Hulett Farms is a family owned & operated farm known for their sweet corn. Todd Hulett started selling corn in 1980. Hulett Farms farm market is open from. Hulett Farms grows of their crops in a green house Hulett Farms. Hulett Farms also grows a wide variety of other crops. Hulett Farms grows some of crops in a.

Hulett Farms grows some of crops in a greenhouse.

Hulett Farms grows some of their crops in a greenhouse. Hulett Farms grows sweet corn on 45 acres of land. Hulett Farms grows of their crops in a greenhouse.


State Flower

Orange Blossom Hulett Farms is a family owned & operated farm known for their sweet corn.

Hulett Farms farm market is open from.

Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett - also known as “The Corn Man.” Todd Hulett started selling corn in 1980. Hulett Farms grows some of.

Hulett Farms grows sweet. Hulett grows some of their crops in other.

Hulett Farms is owned by also known as the corn man.

Hulett Farms grows some of their crops in a greenhouse.

Hulett Farms also grows a wide variety.

Hulett Farms grows sweet corn on 45 acres of land.


Big City

Miami Hulett Farms is a family owned & operated farm known for their sweet corn.

Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett also known as “The Corn Man.”

Hulett Farms is owned by Todd Hulett – also known as the corn.

Hulett Farms grows sweet corn on 45 acres of land.

Todd Hulett started selling.

Hulett Farms farm market.

Hulett Farms is a family owned & operated farm for their sweet corn. Todd Hulett started selling.


Florida

Avocados

Miami-Dade and Collier county produce the most avocados in the state of Florida. 50+ types of avocados are grown in FL. 30-60 ft tall. An avocado tree

produces 60 lbs. of avocados/year.

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Florida avocados are in season from June - January.

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Avocado Producing States:

1. California 2. Florida 3. Hawaii “Alligator Pears”

Avocados ripen after they are harvested. Avocados are a FRUIT – a “singleseeded berry”. It takes a minimum of a YEAR to grow one avocado. Avocados have the most fiber of any fruit.


Florida

Milk

Lafayette and Okeechobee are Florida’s leading dairy counties. Florida is home to around 125,000 dairy cows.

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Breeds of Dairy Cows:

Florida produces about 300 million gallons of milk/year. Nearly 98% of U.S. dairy farms are family owned & operated. ALL 50 states have dairy farms!

1. Ayrshire 2. Brown Swiss 3. Guernsey 4. Holstein 5. Jersey 6. Milking Shorthorn Holstein cows all have a unique pattern of spots!

The U.S. produces ~227 BILLION pounds of milk each year.

1 cow produces around 6 gallons of milk per day. The reason milk is white is because it contains “casein” - a type of protein.

Farmers measure milk in pounds.

Milk is the source of ALL dairy products!


Florida

Oranges

More then 90% of America’s orange juice comes from Florida oranges.

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Popular Types of Oranges:

1. Navel 2. Hamlin 3. Valencia

600+

varieties of oranges.

85% of oranges

are produced for making juice.

Orange season is 9 months long! October - June!

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Most oranges are harvested by hand. Sub-tropical areas are ideal conditions for growing oranges. Oranges need a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures.



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