UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County recently formed a new type of partnership, with the goals of reaching new individuals and audiences. Teaming up with local businesses Sarasota Architectural Salvage and Sarasota Green Drinks, the groups pooled resources to invite local… Read More
According to the South Florida Weather Station Agency, this is possibly the coldest air of the season is expected tonight across much of South Florida, especially in interior areas and portions of the Gulf Coast. Forecast wind chills… Read More
UF/IFAS Extension faculty win seed money through new Shark Tank-style program Facial recognition software is no longer a thing of the future. But what if similar technologies could one day help farmers identify pests in the field? Steve… Read More
The Internet is full of financial advice—and a lot of misinformation. “There is a shortage of unbiased information on financial topics such as credit, debt and investment,” said Lisa Leslie, family and consumer sciences agent with the University… Read More
When a pesticide is discontinued or banned by the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection, farmers may opt to store these products until they figure out how to dispose of them properly, says Stephen Gran, director of the University… Read More
If you want to know how best to prune a fruit tree or even how to plant one, Alicia Lamborn can do more than just tell you—she can take you out back and show you. Lamborn, a horticulture… Read More
Last summer, Cory Gillis found himself waking before dawn at the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, where he’d been assigned to track the breeding calls of the northern bobwhite quail as part of an internship with the U.S…. Read More
No one likes to talk about death or dying. But starting a dialogue with loved ones about end-of-life concerns outside of a diagnosis or crisis can help reduce the stress and conflict that sometimes occur when those close… Read More
At Avon Park Correctional Institution, some inmates are getting a new kind of vocational training, thanks to faculty and volunteers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Highlands County. The UF/IFAS Extension program… Read More
Thanks to a partnership of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension and the Florida Peanut Producers Association, food pantries from Pensacola to Monticello will receive thousands of jars of donated peanut butter this… Read More
