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St. Johns County official says farmers pushed for new agricultural advisory board
Summary
A St. Johns County Office of Intergovernmental Affairs staffer said farmers led a grassroots push for a new advisory committee focused on agriculture; members must be county residents with farming experience and whose livelihoods depend on crop production.
Prissy, who works in the St. Johns County Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, said the county is moving toward creating a new agricultural advisory committee after local farmers sought a formal channel to make their concerns heard.
"So this started all with conversations from our St. Johns County farmers wanting their voices to be heard," Prissy said. "It's been a genuine grassroots effort to ensure that of the many advisory committees that the county offers that we…
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