Agriculture’s Surprising Role in the Economy

This month’s speaker will be a familiar face to many Club members. State Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson joins us fresh from his recent duty as State Senate President which capped ten years of service in the Senate. Commissioner Simpson now oversees the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS). A fifth-generation Floridian, he has deep personal and professional roots grounded in agriculture, including a large-scale egg laying operation that supplies supermarkets statewide.