C&B Farms

specialty vegetables on the Hendry muck

Founded

1986

Evidence class

publicly verified operating

Place

Clewiston, Hendry County

District

The Glades

Status as of 12 September 2026

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

Connections

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