C&B Farms

specialty vegetables on the Hendry muck

Founded

1986

Evidence class

publicly verified operating

Place

Clewiston, Hendry County

District

The Glades

Geography scope

six county core

Status as of 12 September 2026

Operating; conventional and organic specialty vegetables with documented phosphorus reductions.

Connections

2 edges, 2 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.007 (rank 100 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 116) · outside endpoint share 0.50

Confidence

High · sources: [CBC] (register)

Charles Obern grows specialty vegetables from 1986 and earns the Farm Bureau CARES designation in 2019 after installing a treatment area that cuts phosphorus runoff 60 percent [CBC].

Connections

Location and lineage

• tied venture or seatClewistonspecialty vegetables on the Hendry muck1986 to present

Programs, permits and leases

• under program, permit or lease ofFlorida Farm Bureau and the county farm bureausThis Farm CARES designation for documented stewardship2019