For fifteen years the Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida, TFGSF, has exemplified what can happen when a group of people have common goals, are determined, and work hard. TFGSF members have volunteered their time and money over the years to help the tropical fruit industry reach for the prominence in the marketplace that the growers have long felt it deserves through means of education, acquisition of funds, and lots of legwork.

The TFGSF idea began in late 1987 when Fruit & Spice Park director, Chris Rollins, urged a group of local tropical fruit growers to form an organization to support the “minor” crop industry. The groups’ goals were to educate themselves to become better growers, and to promote research and marketing of tropical fruit. In 1988, this group incorporated and became known as the Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida, Inc. Read More - Click Here