Commissioner Wilton Simpson Announces 2025 Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductees
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Meet the Cattle Ranchers Working to Preserve Southwest Florida’s Wild Side
Southern Living, March 21, 2022, By Kaitlyn Yarborough Photos by Brown Cannon It's a cool and breezy morning on Blackbeard's…
The Success of Strickland Ranch Centers on Stewardship
by Cathy Lockman April 17, 2022 Jim Strickland, owner of Strickland Ranch, is a cowboy and a conservationist. A Manatee…
Florida Trend 500 Profile
Excerpt from: https://floridatrend500.com/living-legends/jim-strickland/ “I’ve been a rancher my whole life, and it’s all I ever wanted to do. I love…
The First American Cowboys
Excerpt from Craig Pittman: https://www.flamingomag.com/2021/10/18/how-these-ranchers-are-carrying-on-the-little-known-legacy-of-florida-cowboys/ On a steamy August morning, as the temperature rose with the sun, Jim Strickland stood…
500 YEARS
Excerpt from Mary Wozniak: https://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/articles/500-years/ IT ALL BEGAN THAT WINTER DAY in 1521 when Ponce de León came ashore near…
Ranchers carry on history, family legacies
Excerpt and photo from Mary Wozniak: https://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/articles/ranchers-carry-on-history-family-legacies/ This is a tale of two ranches. They are completely different, but each…
Florida’s Ranches Play a Significant Role in Combatting the Threats from the Warming Climate
Excerpt from: https://floridaconserve.org/2021/04/16/floridas-ranches-play-a-significant-role-in-combatting-the-threats-from-the-warming-climate/ I consider myself blessed to live and work as a rancher in Florida. As a caretaker of…
Florida Ranch for Outstanding Environmental Stewardship
Excerpt From: https://www.environmentalstewardship.org/winner-gallery/inductees/blackbeard-ranch DENVER (July 30, 2019) – Blackbeard’s Ranch, in Myakka City, Fla., has been selected as one of…
