Award Honors Women for Their Outstanding Contributions
to Florida Agriculture
Tallahassee,
FL – The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
(DACS) issued a call today for Floridians to submit nominations for the 2011
Woman of the Year in Agriculture Award.
The award, given
by the Department in conjunction with the Florida State Fair Authority,
recognizes one woman each year who has made a significant contribution to
Florida agriculture. The award has been granted to 27 women since 1985,
including Jo Ann Smith (1985), Vina Jean Banks (1999) and Ann Holt (2010).
The 2010 Woman of the Year in Agriculture, Ann
Holt, was recognized for her contributions to the sweet corn industry over
the past 40 years, her membership in numerous agricultural associations and
non-profit groups and overall leadership in the agricultural community,
especially in educating Florida’s urban residents about the benefits
farming brings to the state.
Nominees for the award must be at least 25 years
of age, be active in the agriculture industry and have resided in the state
of Florida for the past 10 consecutive years. In addition, she must serve her
community in some professional and/or civic capacity and have made some
unique or outstanding contribution to the agriculture industry.
The deadline to
submit nominations for the 2011 Woman of the Year in Agriculture Award is
November 15. The recipient will be announced in early December and honored at
the Salute to Women in Agriculture luncheon on February 13 at the 2012
Florida State Fair in Tampa.
For more
information about the program or to download the 2011 nomination application,
visit http://www.florida-
For more information about the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, visit www.FreshFromFlorida.com or follow
Commissioner Putnam on Facebook, www.Facebook.com/AdamPutnam,
and Twitter, @adamputnam.
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