Governor signs Farm Bill championed by Florida’s Ag commissioner

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a major farm bill championed by the state’s agriculture commissioner that, in part, shifts who decides where solar farms can be built, prohibits fluoride in the drinking water and boosts agriculture programs in schools.

The governor signed the bill, Senate Bill 700, last week.

Among the items included in the new legislation is a prohibition against labeling plant-based products as milk, meat, poultry or eggs. Simpson, in an interview with the Business Observer in March, said the provision is meant to keep companies from disguising their products as something else.