FOUNDATION
NAMES MICHAEL CARLTON AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Florida
Fruit & Vegetable Research & Education Foundation has appointed agriculture
industry veteran Michael Carlton as its executive director effective Jan. 2, 2007.
For the past 26 years, Carlton held numerous management positions at Florida Citrus
Mutual in Lakeland, most recently as director of production and labor affairs.
Among
his numerous accomplishments was designing a $400 million hurricane relief program
for the state’s citrus growers in 2004 and successfully pushing the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to adopt the program. ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only
articles are indicated in bold.)
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