Conservation focus of program on RFD-TV

Conservation focus of program on RFD-TV

I am so impressed with the "Farm Bureau Reports" on RFD TV this month. Don't miss out on the new episodes scheduled to air Wednesday.

The April 30 program will profile two winners of Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson’s Environmental Leadership Awards.

Robert L. “Bob” Butler’s dairy farm is located on the Kissimmee River, which feeds into Lake Okeechobee. By adopting extraordinary measures to reduce phosphorus runoff from his dairy, Butler has helped improve the quality of water entering the lake. Butler has reconfigured his water management system to capture and contain virtually all his surface water runoff for reuse on the farm.

Also profiled will be Tampa Wholesale Nursery, a family operation in Dover founded by Roy Davis. Currently, Tampa Wholesale Nursery raises over 120 different varieties of plants, from ground covers to shade trees, shipping more than 300,000 plants throughout the Southeast each year. The nursery re-uses treated wastewater piped from Tampa Bay Fisheries, one of the largest seafood packaging companies in the United States.

Butler Oaks Farm
Tampa Wholesale Nursery