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  2. Desmond Meade - Wikipedia

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    Desmond Meade (born July 22, 1967) is a voting rights activist and Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. [1] As chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy, Meade led the successful effort to pass Florida Amendment 4, a 2018 state initiative that restored voting rights to over 1.4 million Floridians with previous felony convictions. [2]

  3. Fair Food Program - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Food Program (FFP) is a partnership between growers, farmworkers, and food company buyers to improve conditions for farmworkers. [1] [2] It was launched by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a worker-based human rights organization in Immokalee, Florida in 2011.

  4. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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    The Agricultural Services Reorganization Act (ASRA) was passed in 1959 and became effective January 15, 1961. This state law abolished some independent boards and bureaus, which were assigned to the Department of Agriculture's divisions. These included: Administration, Animal Industry, Dairy Industry, Fruit and Vegetable Inspection, Marketing ...

  5. Civil rights groups sue Florida officials over new ...

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    Several civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging Florida's new immigration law. The Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans ...

  6. Florida State Fair returns February 8-19 - AOL

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  7. Florida State Fair - Wikipedia

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    Florida State Fair in 2013. In 1904, the South Florida Fair Association was formed and plans for a new exhibition were proposed. The fair was founded as the South Florida Fair in downtown Tampa and renamed the Mid-Winter Festival a few years later. The name finally changed to the present Florida State Fair in 1915. [7]

  8. Florida Commissioner of Agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The commissioner of lands and immigration became the commissioner of agriculture when the Florida Constitution was revised in 1885. The newly renamed post also included supervision of state prisons until the Division of Corrections was established in 1957. [6] The Agricultural Services Reorganization Act was passed in 1959 and took effect in 1961.

  9. Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

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    The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-127), known informally as the Freedom to Farm Act, the FAIR Act, or the 1996 U.S. Farm Bill, was the omnibus 1996 farm bill that, among other provisions, revises and simplifies direct payment programs for crops and eliminates milk price supports through direct government purchases.