Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Food Industries in Florida in 2013

About 1.52 million people worked full- or part-time in Florida’s agriculture, natural resources and food industries in 2013— an 8.7 percent increase in jobs over 2012. Recognizing the significant impact agriculture, natural resources, and related food industries have on the economy of Florida is essential to informed public policy. UF/IFAS researchers used the Implan regional economic modeling system to estimate economic multipliers for over 500 different industry sectors and evaluate their economic contributions in 2013. This 5-page executive summary was written by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani, and Thomas J. Stevens and published by the Department of Food and Resource Economics, September 2015. (UF/IFAS File photo) Related Resources: Press release: https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2015/09/10/floridas-agriculture-related-employment-up-8-7-percent Full report: https://fred.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/FE969-FullReport.pdf