Polk County Farm Bureau

Agri-Fest

Polk 2Polk County Farm Bureau partners with UF/IFAS Extension and the Polk County School Board to hold this annual event which educates present and future consumers on the importance of agriculture. The event is sponsored by The Mosaic Company and the Florida’s Natural Growers Foundation. The 2015 event was held at the UF/IFAS Polk County Extension office in Bartow. Each year, more than 300 teachers and 6,000 Polk County fourth graders learn about the area’s major agriculture commodities. Agri-Fest gives young students the chance to learn about agriculture through hands on experiences.

Officers
President:
Leigh Ann Wynn , Alturas
  • Immediate Past President: Dean Evans, Auburndale
  • Vice President: Michael Matteson, Lake Wales
  • Secretary: Michael Matteson, Lake Wales
  • Treasurer: Corby Myers, Lake Wales
Board of Directors
  • Charles A. Counter, Winter Haven
  • Jack P. James, Jr., Bartow
  • Nelson Kirkland, Winter Haven
  • Ed Lassiter, Lake Wales
  • Vic Story, Lake Wales
  • John W Strang, Auburndale
  • Larry Black, Lakeland
  • Kenneth DeVane, Fort Meade
  • David Lawson, Jr, Haines City
  • Ellis Hunt, Lake Wales
  • Christian Spinosa, Bartow
  • Leslie Dunson, III, Winter Haven
  • Keith Walter, Alturas
  • Scarlett Jackson, Haines City
  • Daniel Lanier, Fort Meade
  • Kyle Story, Lake Wales
  • Kateland Rainey, Lakeland
  • Robert Teston, Lakeland
  • Brett Costine, Lakeland