Polk State College launches new initiative, ‘Agripolk,’ to create pathways to agriculture industry

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk State College is launching a new initiative aimed at getting more students into the agriculture industry. It starts next spring, but students are already signing up.

Penny Watson has been fishing since she was a little girl, and while it brings her peace, it also gives her a strong desire to protect the waters.

“It is a beautiful place there, but it’s also kind of sad because the seagrass is goop and it shouldn’t be like that,” she said…

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