What challenges face Gainesville’s farmers? How have they tried to circumvent the problems posed by COVID-19? What measures are they taking to protect their customers? This panel brings together farmers from Gainesville and surrounding areas to explore how they are harvesting crops.
March 13th, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Meet the Moderator
Amy Vu is the Extension coordinator for the Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab, where she focuses on extension programming for beekeepers of all operations (small scale to commercial). Vu runs the University of Florida Master Beekeeper Program, the University of Florida Bee Colleges, UF IFAS Honey Bee Blog, “Two Bees in a Podcast”, speaker requests, website, media inquiries and the lab’s social media pages among other projects. Amy has her undergraduate degree in Agronomy, with an emphasis on Soils and Environmental Science, a minor in natural resources and a Master’s degree in Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education from Virginia Tech. Before joining the HBREL, she worked at the University of Florida’s International Center, and was Orange County Extension’s urban horticulture agent and Master Gardener coordinator.
Meet the Speakers
Lennon Fisher is the coordinator of Fisher Farms, a fifth-generation farm located in Jonesville, Florida, specializing in locally grown southern crops to help keep the community fed.
Ana Garcia is the co-owner of Fruitful Earth Farms, a first-generation farm dedicated to raising premium Angus beef naturally, humanely, and using land-healing, regenerative practices.
Dina Liebowitz is the program coordinator for the UF CALS Field & Fork Program. She received her Ph.D. at UF with the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and trained with the University of California’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. She finds joy in growing food for others and helping people explore the many tendrils of our complex food systems.