NRCS is committed to ensuring that its programs and services are accessible to all our customers, fairly and equitably, with emphasis on reaching the underserved and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and tribes of our state.
NRCS Florida is dedicated to promoting outreach opportunities to everyone, with special emphasis on all historically underserved groups and individuals, priority is given to:
- New/beginning farmer or rancher
- Limited-resource farmers or ranchers
- Limited English proficiency customers
- Veteran farmer or rancher
- Categories of customers as minority and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers:
- American Indian/Alaska Native
- Asian American
- Black/African American
- Hispanic
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
Outreach Goals
Enhance knowledge, accessibility to and participation in services and programs across a variety of NRCS programs by underserved groups and individuals and communities throughout Florida through targeted initiatives.
Increase the visibility of NRCS and our programs and services among targeted audiences, in their communities and with the organizations that represent them.
Improve NRCS Florida employees’ understanding of outreach, their role in outreach and how to reach the communities that they serve.
Adhere to customer needs through agency programs and authorities.
Foster a seamless agricultural service provider network for all our customers.
Cultivate a more educated customer base on the positive impact natural resource conservation can have on agricultural productivity.
