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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: Rice, pasta, and other grains

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November 5, 2021

In our last post in the "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" series, we focused on nuts, peanuts, and peanut butter. Today, we move on to rice, pasta and other grains. Pasta is one of those fast, inexpensive and easy meals to prepare, especially ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: FIN, Food, Grain, Groceries, Grocery, GroceryShoppingForYourHealth, Health, Money, Nutrition, Pasta, Pgm_FCS, Rice, Save, Saving, Shop, Shopping
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September is National Rice Month

by Mike Loizzo
September 2, 2020

We set aside September to celebrate National Rice Month. While it is a minor crop in Florida, it still plays an important role. The vast majority of rice grown is in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA). Producers grow it in rotation with ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Everglades Agricultural Area, Jehangir Bhadha, Rice, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences
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Project Pantry: Chicken Fried Rice

by Samantha Kennedy
April 13, 2020

Do you love chicken fried rice? Make your own! This simple recipe is quick and delicious and can be on the table in no time with just a few ingredients. Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or Sesame oil 3 cups cooked brown rice ½ ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Cooking, Family And Consumer Sciences, FCS, Fried Rice, Pantry, Project Pantry, Recipe, Rice, Wakulla
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September is National Rice Month; Florida should celebrate this homegrown crop

by SWS
September 19, 2019

by Jehangir “Jango” Bhadha When you think of rice production, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The rice paddy fields of China, perhaps? China is by far the largest producer – and consumer – of rice in the world, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Everglades Agricultural Area, Jehangir Bhadha, Rice, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department

UF/IFAS researchers find shallow flooding reduces a major rice pest

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January 29, 2016

BELLE GLADE, Fla. --- University of Florida scientists at the Everglades Research and Education Center have found an important way to control the destructive rice water weevil, one of the major pests in rice production. UF Institute of Food ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Everglades Research And Education Center, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Rice, University Of Florida

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