Candidates for Florida’s top political offices presented their plans for governing Florida agriculture and other key issues to more than 230 agri-industry leaders at the ninth quadrennial Farm Credit - Agriculture Institute of Florida Candidates Forum held September 24, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center. Click on any of these links to hear remarks from candidates for Governor, Agriculture Commissioner, and Attorney General and for a slide show of the event

Hear remarks from three candidates standing for election to the Office of Governor — Democrat Alex Sink, Republican Rick Scott and Farid Khavari, running with no party affiliation. After introductions, this 42-minute forum begins with 22-minutes of statements and responses to audience questions from Alex Sink, then 17-minutes of statements and Q&A from Rick Scott, and concludes with 6-minutes from Farid Khavari. The forum was hosted by Farm Credit and the Agriculture Institute of Florida on September 24, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center.
Total length – 51:37

Governor Candidates

	Alex Sink Democrat campaign website		Rick Scott Republican campaign website
	Farid Khavari no political affiliation campaign website

Hear remarks from three candidates standing for election to the Office of Commissioner for Agriculture and Consumer Services — Democrat Scott Maddox, Republican Adam Putnam and Thad Hamilton running with no party affiliation. After introductions, this 25-minute forum begins with opening statements from each candidate in the order listed, followed by responses to audience questions. The forum was hosted by Farm Credit and the Agriculture Institute of Florida on September 24, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center.
Total length – 35:19

Commissioner of Agriculture Candidates

	Scott Maddox Democrat campaign website		Adam Putnam Republican campaign website
	Thad Hamilton no political affiliation campaign website

Hear remarks from one candidate standing for election to the Office for Attorney General. The candidate is Republican Pam Bondi. Ms. Bondi’s remarks run approximately 6-minutes. The forum was hosted by Farm Credit and the Agriculture Institute of Florida on September 24, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center.
Total length – 16:09

Attorney General Candidate

Pam Bondi Republican campaign website

Facilitating Participants

	Betsy McGill Host President, AIF board of directors, and executive director, Florida Sod Growers Cooperative website
	Robbie Roberson Moderator Owner, FFT Nursery, Zellwood, Florida

Additional Feature Information

• Agriculture Institute of Florida
• Farm Credit of Central Florida
• Farm Credit of South Florida
• Florida Fertilizer & Agrichemical Association
• Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
• Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association
• Florida Sod Growers Cooperative
• Hillsborough County Farm Bureau
• U. S. Sugar Corporation

Pictures

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