The Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) is located one mile north of Immokalee and approximately 35 miles southeast of Fort Myers, and is 40 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, which has internationally recognized tourism beach destinations (Sanibel, Captiva, and Marco islands). Presently, SWFREC supports fourteen faculty programs and a staff of more than 90 people.
Active research programs in citrus horticulture, vegetable horticulture, irrigation and water resource management, precision agricultural engineering, pest management, plant pathology, citrus pathology, agricultural and natural resource economics, soil microbiology, plant physiology, weed science, soil science artificial intelligence, agricultural economics, and food science occur on 320 acres of land at SWFREC. The faculty and staff of SWFREC serve a vibrant commercial agricultural region.
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Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC)
2685 State Road 29 North
Immokalee, Florida 34142
Phone: (239) 658-3400
Fax: (239) 658-3403
