Florida Agricultural Marketing Association hires Chad Roberts

(Leesburg, Fla.) – Chad Roberts of Eustis has joined the staff of the Leesburg-based Florida Agricultural Marketing Association (FAMA) as manager of the Direct Marketing Division. Roberts will oversee the Farm Bureau Buyers Club, which distributes agricultural products from Florida and other states to Farm Bureau members through county Farm Bureaus.

“The Farm Bureau Buyers Club is part of an extensive package of benefits and discounts available exclusively to Farm Bureau members,” said Roy Singleton, FAMA director.

Roberts, a native of Eustis, holds a bachelor’s degree in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida, where he graduated in the top 15 percent of his class.

FAMA is a subsidiary of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. It markets Florida products in 25 states through association fund raising activities and county Farm Bureaus. It also sells those products to Farm Bureau members in Florida.

The Florida Farm Bureau Federation is the state’s largest general-interest agricultural association with about 140,000 member-families statewide. Headquartered in Gainesville, the Federation is an independent, nonprofit agricultural organization. More information about Florida Farm Bureau is available on the organization’s Web site, http://FloridaFarmBureau.org.