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Hillsborough County to Present Farm-City Festival Downtown
Hillsborough County's Economic Development Department Agriculture Industry
Development Program and the Hillsborough County Farm Bureau are teaming
up to present the "Farm-City
Festival." The festival is being held
Tuesday, Nov. 9,from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the Joe Chillura Courthouse Square,
across the street from County Center in the 600 block of Kennedy Boulevard in
downtown Tampa.
The free event is being held in conjunction with National Farm-City Week, designated
every year as the seven days leading up to and including Thanksgiving Day. In
addition to samples of local farm products, visitors can "milk" a mechanical
cow, make butter and learn more about the county's $654 million agriculture industry. At
noon, County Commissioners also will designate Nov. 19 25 as "Farm-City
Week" in
Hillsborough County, and growers will present the season's first flat of strawberries
and first box of tomatoes. There will also be a variety of fresh
produce, made-to-order omelets, and fresh-squeezed orange juice on hand for residents
to sample, all for free.
Groups participating include the Hillsborough County Cattlewomen's Association,
Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Florida Poultry Federation, Hillsborough
County Farm Bureau, Florida Dairy Farmers, Sanwa Growers Produce Company, Florida
Department of Citrus, Hillsborough Community College, the Florida Tomato Committee,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association, Hillsborough
County's Cooperative Extension Service, Environmental Protection Commission of
Hillsborough County, and the Hillsborough County Agriculture Industry Development
Program.
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