Ron DeSantis: “140,000 jobs [are supported by agriculture in Florida].”

“And you're starting to see things like in the panhandle, the oysters, all these things that people were worried about, you're seeing that do very, very well or start to do very, very well. So the production of … 140,000 jobs [are supported by agriculture in Florida]. … which supports another 105,000 jobs. So even in a state of 23.5 million people, that's a big, big deal. And we understand how important that is.” (06:27–06:30)

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