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Walk Across Wakulla with us!


January 31, 2022

The second annual "Walk Across Wakulla" event officially begins on February 7, 2022. Come join us! The UF/IFAS Wakulla Extension office invites you and your family to Walk Across Wakulla with us! From February 7 until March 7, 2022, participants ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Health, Health And Wellness, Physical Activity, Walking, Wellness

Homeownership Versus Renting

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January 31, 2022

Homeownership makes sense for different people at different stages of their lives, but it's not always the right choice for everyone. Whether you are in the process of renting or buying your own home, the best place to start is to understand ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Featured, Finances, Financial Management, Home Equity, Home Ownership, Ocenews, Ocextension, Rental Assistance, Renter, Rentwise, Special Topics

SFFGS Student Inspiring Youth in New Book Published by National Geographic


January 28, 2022

  Gabby Salazar is a social scientist, photographer and fourth-year doctoral student in the School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences. Her new book published by National Geographic is titled “No Boundaries: 25 Women Explorers ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Exploration, Featured, Gabby Salazar, International Women's Day, Kids, National Geographic, Science, Special Topics, STEM, Women, Youth

Cut the Risk From Your Cutting Boards

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January 28, 2022

The use of cutting boards during meal prep is a common practice when engaging in culinary techniques like cutting, slicing, dicing, and chopping. Cutting board options nowadays range from wood to nonporous surfaces such as plastic, glass, marble, ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Campylobacter, Chill, Chopping, Clean, Cleaning, Cook, Cross-contamination, Cut The Risk From Your Cutting Board, Cutting, Cutting Board, Dicing, Food And Illness, Food Safety; Cutting Boards, Food Scientists, Food Vehicle, Foodborne Illness, Harmful Bacteria, Meal Prep, Prevent Cross Contamination, Salmonella, Sanitizing, Separate, Sick, Slicing

Cold Protection for Palms, Fruit Trees, Flowers and Vegetables

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January 28, 2022

Worried about the cold weather and if your plants will get injured in the freeze? Cold sensitive plants can be protected from injury or the amount of damage reduced if you give them some protection from the cold. What plants need to be protected?Tropical ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Central Florida, Cold, Featured, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Flowers, Frost, Frost Cloth, Fruit, Fruit Tree, Orlando, Protection, Tsilvasy, Vegetable

UF/IFAS Palm Short Course–2/25/22–In Person in Orlando!


January 28, 2022

I could not be more excited to share this highly anticipated, long awaited UF/IFAS Extension Palm Short Course in Orlando and in person! Palms are prized in the landscape and people notice when they look pathetic. There is a science to growing ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: CEU, Cflandscapes, Class, Disease, FFL, Florida, Florida Friendly, FLREC, FNGLA, Hwooten, ISA, Landscape, Lawn, Nutrition, Orange County, Ornamental, Palm, Palm Tree, Palms, Plant, Plants, Research, Tree, Tropical, Turf, UF, UF IFAS Extension, UF-IFAS

Sauces and dog food: Two success stories from the Accelerator @ Immokalee

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January 27, 2022

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- Reshma Tannassee’s sauces sell like hotcakes. She started the business on her own, and now she has 13 employees and hopes to have about 300 in a few years. With certain foods, you can’t just sell your product from ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety
Tags: Chefs, Culinary Accelerator, Dog Food, Food Safety, Immokalee, Kendra Locke, Licenses, Matt Krug, Reshma Tannassee, Sauces, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center

Strengthen your relationship through the Art of Effective Communication

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January 26, 2022

As we endure another prolonged season of stressors for couples and families across the state of Florida, there has never been a better time to focus on strengthening our relationships. UF/IFAS Extension is offering an online virtual event to ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Communication, Couples Relations, Couples Training, Online Event, Relationship, Special Event

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