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Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises

Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises

Farmers market shopping. Photo taken 02-24-22.

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UF/IFAS and FAMU Extension has an office in every Florida County.  While not every county has an Agent dedicated to small farms, find Extension resources near you or by subject matter below.

 

UF/IFAS and FAMU Extension Small Farms Experts

District Specialties First Last Email Location
Northwest Small Farms, Residential Horticulture Donna Arnold darnold1@ufl.edu FAMU UF/IFAS Extension, Gadsden County  
IPM, BMPs, Beneficial Insects, Horticulture Production Alejandro Bolques alejando.bolques@famu.edu  FAMU Research and Education Center, Gadsden County  
Food Systems Education, Food Waste Education, Vegetable Gardening Molly Jameson mjameson@ufl.edu   UF/IFAS Extension, Leon County  
IPM, BMPs, Beneficial Insects, Horticulture Production, Food Safety  Matt Lollar mlollar@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Santa Rosa County
Sustainable Agriculture and Small Farms Amanda Masholie a.masholie@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Walton County
Agriculture and Natural Resources Murilo  Morata mu.trimermorata@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Escambia County
Small Farms Gilbert Queeley gilbert.queeley@famu.edu FAMU Reserch and Extension Center, Gadsden County  
Livestock Nick Simmons n.simmons@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Escambia County
Commercial and Environmental Horticulture Abbey Smith  payne.abigail@ufl.edu UF/IFAS  Extension, Jackson County
Northeast Agricultural Economics, Farm Business Start-Up Kevin Athearn athearn@ufl.edu UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Suwanee County
Organic Farming, Organic Certification, Farm Food Safety David Campbell campbell@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, State Coordinator, Alachua County
Agriculture-Row Crops and Commercial Horticulture Derrick Conover dconover13@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Columbia County
Agriculture Jim DeValerio jtd@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Union County
Agriculture/Natural Resources Dan Fenneman dfenneman@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Madison County
Agriculture and Natural Resources Alicia Halbritter aliciah1221@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Baker County
Horticulture and Small Farms Luke Harlow eeeck@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Bradford County
Hydroponics, IPM, BMPs, Beneficial Insects, Vegetable Production, Food Safety Bob Hochmuth   bobhoch@ufl.edu UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Suwannee County
Agriculture and Natural Resources/Small Farms & Alt Enterprises Stephen Jennewein sjennewein@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Duval County
Food Safety, Organic Farming Billy Mitchell w.mitchell1@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Food Science & Human Nutrition Department
Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Pest Management Tatiana Sanchez  tatiana.sanchez@ufl.edu   UF/IFAS Extension, Alachua County 
Vegetable, fruit and cover crop management, conservation tillage, organic farming, small farms, farm to school, food systems Danielle Treadwell  ddtreadw@ufl.edu  UF/IFAS Extension, Extension Specialist, Horticultural Sciences, Alachua County
Central Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems Mark Bailey ironhill@ufl.edu   UF/IFAS Extension, Marion County
Small Farms Cheryl Danley cheryl.danley@famu.edu  FAMU Brooksville Agricultural and Environmental Research Station, Hernando County 
Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems David Dinkins dinkins@ufl.edu  UF/IFAS Extension Central District 
Hydroponics, Integrated Pest Management, Urban Agriculture, Food Systems Hannah Eason hwooten@ufl.edu  UF/IFAS Extension, Orange County
Family and Consumer Sciences and Food Systems Rebecca Mendes elliott.rebecca@ufl.edu  UF/IFAS Extension, Marion County
Commercial Horticulture and Integrated Pest Management Madelyn Greathouse mgreathouse@ufl.edu  UF/IFAS Extension, Sumter County
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Morgan Pinkerton morgan0402@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Seminole County
Commercial Crop Protection and Food Systems Matt Smith  smith197@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension Lake and Orange Counties
Commercial Horticulture, Alternative Crops, IPM, Pesticide Training, Ag Awareness Karen  Stauderman kstauderman@ufl.edu   UF/IFAS Extension, Volusia County 
Agriculture and Food Systems Ashley Stonecipher ams2904@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Volusia County 
Small Farms, Food Systems, Beekeeping  Jessica Sullivan sullivan@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Osceola County
Agriculture, IPM Bonnie Wells bcwells@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Osceola County
Ag Production/Community Development Tim Wilson timwilson@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, St. Johns County
Southwest Beef Cattle and Forage Economics Hannah Baker h.baker@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, State Specialized Agent, Hardee County
Agriculture/Community Resources Jonael Bosques-Mendez jonael@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Hardee County
Food Safety Stephanie Brown stephaniebrown@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Southwest Research and Education Center, Collier County
Community Resource Development & Sustainability Lee-Hayes Byron lhbyron@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Sarasota County
Residential Horticulture/Community Resource Development Whitney Elmore wcelmore@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Polk County  
Family and Consumer Sciences Jen Hagan horse1@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Lee County
Urban Environmental Sustainability Ramona Madhosingh-Hector ramona.m.hector@ufl.edu  UF/IFAS Extension, Regional Specialized Agent, Hillsborough County
Policy development David Outerbridge douterbridge@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Lee County
Agriculture and Natural Resources Luis Rodriguez Rosado lrodriguezrosado@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Polk County  
Community sustainability, Small Farms, Policy Jessica Ryals Jessicaryals@ufl.edu   UF/IFAS Extension, Collier County
Sustainable Food Systems Ida Vendamme idacv16@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Manatee County
Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Allie Williams allisonwilliams@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Hillsborough County
Southeast Livestock Ally Bastien alexandrabennett@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Highlands County
Sustainable agriculture, Small Farms Yvette Goddiel goodiel@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Martin County
Commercial Horticulture, Vegetable Crop Production Anna Meszaros ameszaros@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Palm Beach County
Commercial Vegetable Crops/Pesticide Training Qingren Wang qrwang@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Miami-Dade County
Commercial Tropical Fruit Jeff Wasielewski sflhort@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Extension, Miami-Dade County

View a map of UF/IFAS Extension offices in each county, plus our Research and Education Center locations around Florida

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