{"id":234262,"date":"2026-04-16T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234262\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:58:07","slug":"tallahassee-democrat-commerce-uf-making-florida-an-agtech-hub-to-save-farmers-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234262\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Democrat: Commerce, UF making Florida an AgTech hub to save farmers News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you pour Florida milk on your cereal and sip Florida OJ as part of your morning ritual, you\u2019re making economic and national security decisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buying local isn\u2019t just a quaint notion of supporting a mom-and-pop dairy or produce stand. It\u2019s a strategic commitment to strengthening the rural economy and reducing reliance on imports in a world where distant disruptions can empty grocery store shelves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s our job to defend your food supply. To do it, the University of Florida\u2019s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF\/IFAS) develops technologies to keep Florida farmers and ranchers globally competitive and Florida feeding itself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FloridaCommerce promotes Florida food abroad and supports businesses at home that contribute to getting your meals from field to fork.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together we are working to make Florida the hub for AgTech in the United States. Supporting creation of food-focused tech businesses and attracting existing businesses from abroad and from other states will bolster our economy and help our farmers grow more food.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/opinion\/2026\/04\/16\/commerce-uf-making-florida-an-agtech-hub-to-save-farmers-opinion\/89614784007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you pour Florida milk on your cereal and sip Florida OJ as part of your morning ritual,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-234262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}