Part 7: Wrapping Up and Heading Home
Our lunch and dinner speakers
are great – we’re learning about
water quality and what it’s
like to work in the Everglades
Agricultural Area.
Our dinner location is right off the lake. I could stay here forever...
except that I’ve got to get back and share everything I’ve learned!
See you
later,
alligator!
It’s time to
go home.
Welcome home,
Archimedes!
How was it?
Clem, it was fantastic! The
Everglades are right off of
the EAA, so growers work
to keep soil and nutrients
on their crop fields and out
of the Everglades. They’ve
stepped up to the challenge
and implemented Best
Management Practices.
Growers in the Everglades
Agricultural Area can
name a whole list of Best
Management Practices that
they use on their farms.
Each practice is chosen
specifically to be effective
on that particular farm. They
overcome challenges, benefit
local ecosystems and improve
the productivity of their farms.
It’s a unique story, and I’m
glad I was able to hear it.
That’s especially impressive
because Florida is an agricultural
leader in several areas. Hundreds
of thousands of acres in the EAA
are devoted to feeding people
around the country, and growers
work hard to use conservation
agriculture on every acre.