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Egg-cellent Celebrations: Safeguarding Springtime Traditions with Egg Safety Tips

by Melanie Thomas

March 28, 2024

Springtime brings warmer weather and festive occasions like Easter, Passover, and graduations. And what's a spring celebration without eggs? From cooking all the traditional recipes to preparing for the annual egg hunt, it's important to handle ... READ MORE

Category: , Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Easter Eggs, Egg Safety, Food Safety, Foodbourne Illness, Healthy Holiday, Salmonella

Career Development Tips for Extension Mentors

by Karlibeth Leitheiser

July 24, 2023

Mentors wear a lot of “hats” when performing their duties; friend, role model, guide, and more. One of the most important forms of support a mentor can provide is advice on their mentee’s career advancement. New Extension agents will have ... READ MORE

Category: , Professional Development
Tags: Mentorship, PDEC

Learn from the Qualtrics and Surveys Video Series

by Karlibeth Leitheiser

June 5, 2023

Do you find it challenging to create evaluation surveys? Have you tried using Qualtrics and found it overwhelming and not sure where to begin? The UF/IFAS Program Development and Evaluation Center (PDEC) has launched two video series covering ... READ MORE

Category: , Professional Development
Tags: PDEC, Qualtrics

One Fish, Two Fish, Silverfish

by IFAS Communications Video

October 11, 2022

https://youtu.be/jM07lZb8dqg You might very well be living with a primitive creature - no, not your mother-in-law or your roommate's Chihuahua - something much older and more on the destructive side. Scurrying around your seersucker jacket ... READ MORE

Category: , Home Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Insect Damage, Pests, Silverfish

4-H Serves Florida: Hurricane Ian relief supply drive and support opportunities

by Chasity Turner

October 10, 2022

Hurricane Ian impacted thousands of Floridians; causing unimaginable losses in Lee County and surrounding areas. These communities, including 4-H families, need critical supplies to continue the clean-up and rebuilding process. UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth,
Tags: 4-H, 4-H Alumni, 4-H Youth Development, Community Service, Hurricane Ian

July Is National Grilling Month – Try Adding Vegetables

by IFAS Communications Video

July 13, 2022

July is National Grilling Month, so throw another shrimp on the barbie - and while you're at it, some veggies too. Not only is the grill a tried-and-true way to cook up some burgers, hotdogs, steaks or ribs - it's also a great way to cook ... READ MORE

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Tags: Cookouts, Grill Vegetables

Compostable Plastics

by IFAS Communications Video

May 10, 2022

GAINESVILLE, FL - In the 1967 classic film ‘The Graduate”, Mr. McGuire tells young Benjamin “There’s a great future in plastics”. He was right. Plastics replaced glass, metal and wood in many products. While most plastics are petroleum ... READ MORE

Category: , UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Video
Tags: Composting, Plastic

Video Series on the Benefits of Composting

by IFAS Communications Video

April 18, 2022

GAINESVILLE, FL - In step with Earth Day on April 22, IFAS Communications Video released a series of videos on compositing featuring Dr. Dina Liebowitz with the UF/IFAS Field & Fork Gardens. The first video in the series is on Backyard Composting: <div ... READ MORE

Category: , UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Composting, Earth Day, Gardening

Use the new “Bat App” to monitor bat roosts

by Shelly Johnson

April 14, 2022

It’s bat maternity season! What does that mean? This is the time of year when expecting mother bats give birth to their “pups” (aka, baby bats). Female bats live together in colonies at a roost and spend their day resting and raising ... READ MORE

Category: , HOME LANDSCAPES, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Natural Resources, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

Florida 4-H introduces statewide virtual clubs for Florida youth

by Chasity Turner

September 3, 2020

Join one of Florida 4-H’s statewide virtual clubs this year! Open to all Florida youth! Membership is $20.00 for one year of enrollment. Contact the club leader listed for more information. Digital Dairy (Virtual Club) A virtual dairy ... READ MORE

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