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Characteristics of Small Farm Operators in Florida: Economics, Demographics, and Preferred Information Channels and Sources

Steven A. Gaul, Robert C. Hochmuth, Glenn D. Israel, and Danielle Treadwell


Release Date: 4/9/2025

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. Published by Farm Economics, entrepreneurship, and management

About this Publication

This document is WC088, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2009. Revised November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Steven A. Gaul, former Extension agent I (deceased), Nassau County Extension; Robert C. Hochmuth, Extension agent IV, Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center; Glenn D. Israel, professor, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; and Danielle Treadwell, associate professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611. Information about alternate formats of this publication is available from UF/IFAS Communication, PO Box 110810, Gainesville, FL 32611–0810.

Authors

Robert Hochmuth
Robert Hochmuth
Specialized Agent
University of Florida

Extension agent IV and assistant center director, vegetables, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center—Suwannee Valley, Live Oak, FL

Glenn Israel
Glenn Israel
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

Danielle Treadwell
Danielle Treadwell
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Contacts

Sebastian Galindo
Sebastian Galindo
Specialist
University of Florida

research associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

Wanda Laughlin
Wanda Laughlin
staff
University of Florida

agricultural assistant II, greenhouse manager, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center—Suwannee Valley, Live Oak, FL

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