Farm Credit of Central Florida Menu Real Farms, Real Stories Breadcrumb Home Resources Blog Want to get the latest articles in your inbox? Subscribe to our newsletter! Category Select Category Article Real Farms, Real Stories Clear Filters Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: Florico Foliage In honor of Veterans Day, meet James McComas, a U.S. Marine Corp Veteran, and owner of Florico Foliage. James shares his story about being in the Marines and how he got into the ag business after serving. Check out his story here! Be on the lookout for the next Real Farms, Real Stories video. Like and follow our page for updates. ﻿ ﻿At Farm Credit of Central Florida, we provide financing for Farms, Homes, and Land. To watch Florico Foliage's story click here. Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: Mercer Botanicals You won't want to miss this one! Be inspired by this fun-loving father-son duo. Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: Webb's Honey You won’t want to miss this awesome story about a bee-keeper. Be inspired by David Webb’s determination to keep his bee business alive. When David began Webb's Honey he faced many obstacles but he isn’t one to back down from a challenge. Being a bee-keeper is not for the faint of heart. In this video, we learn what David went through to get where he is today. Watch his story here! Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: Tom Thayer Sr. Title: All I've Ever Known Third-generation citrus grower, Tom Thayer shares his incredible journey to becoming an ag business entrepreneur. Learn how an unexpected trip to South Africa led him down a path to supplying the citrus industry with a more efficient way of irrigating. Through all the trials and tribulations, he has remained dedicated to helping and serving the citrus industry. Farm Credit of Central Florida is honored to have worked with Tom Thayer over the last 12 years. Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: The Magnolia Company Title: It all starts at the farm Get a behind-the-scenes look at The Magnolia Company located in Barberville, Florida. Owners Matt and Julie Roth share how the business began 20 years ago and what it takes to create their beautiful high quality, handmade wreaths that are shipped all over the United States. These beautiful products have been featured in HGTV Magazine and Southern Living Magazine. Watch Matt and Julie's story! If you want to purchase a magnolia wreath visit, www.themagnoliacompany.com Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: Continental Floral Greens Meet Jim Milgard, owner of Continental Floral Greens, which is the largest farm-to-market floral greens company in the United States. In this video, we explore one of his operations located in Deland, Fl, and hear about his unique background. Jim's story is proof that you don't have to grow up in farming to be a part of it. Watch Jim's story to learn about how he got started in agriculture and tour his amazing operation. Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: Agri-Starts Meet Ty Strode, who now runs the day-to-day operations of his father's plant nursery, Agri-Starts, located in Apopka, FL. Ty became president of the business in 2020 after his father and business founder, Randy Strode decided it was time to take a step back. Ty & Randy have successfully navigated their way through farm succession together as father and son. Ty shares his story about growing up in the nursery business and how the business has grown over the years. Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: John Thomas Be inspired by this rancher’s passion for raising cattle and agriculture. John Thomas has deep roots in Citrus County, his family has been cattle ranching for over 100 years. His inspiring life story is proof that hard work and dedication always perseveres. His two daughters will one day carry on his legacy. You don’t want to miss his heartfelt story! Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: M&D Gator Title: "Not your typical farm" In this video, we explore an alligator farm in Dade City, featuring Mickey Fagan. Watch his story here! Be on the lookout for the next Real Farms, Real Stories Video. Be sure you like and follow our social media pages for updates! Farm Credit of Central Florida was honored to be able to work with Mickey Fagan at M&D Gator. At, Farm Credit of Central Florida we provide financing for Farms, Homes, and Land. Full Story Real Farms, Real Stories Real Farms, Real Stories: Hardee Fresh Hardee Fresh seeks to revolutionize traditional farming practices by operating the largest organic indoor vertical farm in the United States. Full Story Farm Credit of Central Florida 204 East Orange Street Suite 200, Lakeland, FL 33801 Telephone: (863) 682-4117 Fax: (863) 688-9364 Association NMLS# 685850 Social Links Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram YouTube Download the Farm Credit CFL Mobile App Download mobile app on App Store Download mobile app on Google play store © 2021 Farm Credit of Central Florida Find your branch Equal Housing Lendor Footer Navigation Disclosures Privacy Policy CCPA Bylaws, Ethics & Whistleblower Hotline