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Richard Alger is one of South Florida’s most successful agriculturists, the owner of Alger Farms, Inc., which harvests over 1,200 acres of sweet corn and 200 acres of trees in Miami-Dade County.  Alger is an effective leader of and spokesman for his industry.  A Yale-educated plant scientist, he is a strong voice for agriculture in...
William D. “Billy” Long came to Florida in 1952 with $2,000 and a John Deere tractor. Twenty-five years later he had revolutionized the way Florida farmers produce and harvest their crops. His innovations made Florida’s agriculture industry more productive and more profitable, and his unbridled enthusiasm for Florida farming inspired legions of younger growers. As...

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