April 16, 2007

ISSUE 1162

FLORIDA AG IN THE CLASSROOM NAMES NEW CHAIRMAN

Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc. named Cara Martin, assistant director of government and community affairs for Florida Farm Bureau, its new chairman. She succeeds Heather Nedley, executive director of Polk County Farm Bureau, whose two-year term as chairman ended earlier this year.

Martin has served on the Florida Ag in the Classroom board of directors for six years, and has worked for Florida Farm Bureau for five years. She received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in food and resource economics from the University of Florida.

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