FIELD AND GROVE MAGAZINE
Profiling Southwest Florida’s Agribusiness Community

Welcome to the first issue of FIELD AND GROVE MAGAZINE. I invite you to settle in and make yourself at home as we explore Southern Florida's agri-business community in this and future issues. FIELD AND GROVE is a unique publication for two reasons. The magazine is dedicated to covering agriculture in the ten southern most counties of our state comprising Southeast and Southwest Florida, and because it is being published online.   

I have to admit that not too long ago I would never have considered publishing online. I always thought 'publishing' was synonymous with the heavy smell of industrial strength ink and the permanent smudges it left on a new white blouse or a favorite jacket, or regrettably both. Those were the sacrifices; I would tell myself (while tossing the jacket out in the trash) that one made to be part of the 'Moveable Type Club' begun back in 1439 by what I suspect now was a really grimy Johannes Gutenberg. Yes, I was in good company. 

But all that has changed now. Progress is progress. The tenacity of Gutenberg has been replaced by the brilliance of Gates. I no longer question how Johannes mastered the first printing press. I'd much rather know how to resize a photo without losing it to some black hole never to be seen again. No matter. There are an endless number of competent people who are willing to help me recover it from that secret vortex buried deep within one of my computer's drives. I don't know which one. I don't care. I only know that while I may occasionally lose a photo from time to time (as all the technically-challenged do), I have not lost one single piece of clothing to this new technology.

So as you can see, publishing FIELD AND GROVE online each month will be an adventure for more reasons than one. And, not that Johannes would care, but a nice feature of this website is that each issue of FIELD AND GROVE MAGAZINE is printable. You can print the magazine just by clicking on 'print this issue' found on the Front Page (for everyone over 30) or the Home Page (for everyone under 30). Please contact me with ideas for articles, profiles or issues you would like to see us tackle. We're more than happy to accommodate your requests.

And just so you'll know, I carry my boots in the car, love the smell of orange blossoms in the spring, and think nothing looks prettier than a newly planted field in the morning. I truly am an "Ag Head".

Cindy Cutright, Publisher

By Cindy Cutright

Cindy Cutright has spent the better part of the last 25 years engaged in marketing and advertising in Southwest Florida. And though her background is in print media, her embrace of the online publishing concept has been admirable to say the least.