Terms Used In Florida Statutes 570.01

  • Agriculture: means the science and art of production of plants and animals useful to humans, including to a variable extent the preparation of these products for human use and their disposal by marketing or otherwise, and includes aquaculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bees, and any and all forms of farm products and farm production. See Florida Statutes 570.02
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture. See Florida Statutes 570.02
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Florida Statutes 570.02
There is hereby created a department of the government of this state to be known as the “Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.” The affairs of the department shall be transacted under the control of the Commissioner of Agriculture.