FLORIDA
AG OFFICIAL RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD Connie
Riherd, assistant director of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services' Division of Plant Industry, received the 2006 National Association of
State Departments of Agriculture's (NASDA) James A. Graham Honor Award. Recipients
are selected by an independent panel of judges who are familiar with the work
of state agriculture agencies, but not employed by NASDA or any member states.
Riherd has 28 years of service with the division, 18 of those as assistant director of the Division of Plant Industry, the state regulatory agency responsible for protecting Florida's native and commercially grown plants from harmful pests and diseases. ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only
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