Category: NATURAL RESOURCES

Women’s history month: Madeline Mellinger

by Scott Angle

March 15, 2023

Madeline Mellinger had only about a year of experience working with growers in the Everglades Agricultural Area when they asked her to serve as their adviser on pest management. During that year she had established their trust through consistent ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Community Volunteers, Crops, EVENTS, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Everglades, History, IFAS, IPM, UF

Thanks for teams that keep our food safe

by Scott Angle

November 21, 2022

Last year we needed someone fluent in USDA-speak and nimble enough to juggle 26 side conversations simultaneously. Fortunately, we already employed her. Meri Nantz works in Food Science and Human Nutrition as a research administrator ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, Food Safety, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Volunteer/Training
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Food Safety, Food Science, Research, Research Administration, Thanksgiving, UF/IFAS

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

by Scott Angle

September 15, 2022

People have an appetite for science that improves their lives no matter what language they speak. In the last two years, Hardee County Extension Director Jonael Bosques, John Diaz and the CAFÉ Latino team have demonstrated that more than ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Hispanic, Latino, Natural Resources, Spanish

You can’t put a dollar figure on trust

by Scott Angle

July 19, 2022

It was, quite simply, a great budget year. Here it is by the numbers: $8.8 million for research to update our nutrient rate recommendations, probably the single-most urgent request from our agricultural producers this year. A $3.65 million ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Budget, Geomatics, Nutrients

Bridging the gulf in Gulf intelligence: AI in natural resources

by Scott Angle

December 17, 2021

It’s widely believed that our Gulf Coast oyster population is declining. As scientists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, we seek to prove it. Or disprove it. We go where the science takes us. With oysters, ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Oysters, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences

25 years later, a dream fulfilled

by Scott Angle

October 19, 2021

After 25 years, do you keep chasing a dream? Collier County Farm Bureau President Matt Stephenson-Smith does. Stephenson-Smith entered the University of Florida as a 24-year-old transfer in 1994. Decades later, he found himself still taking ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS
Tags: College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Farm Bureau

Andra Johnson named dean of UF/IFAS Extension and director of Florida Cooperative Extension Service

by Samantha Murray

September 7, 2021

Andra Johnson, associate director of Penn State Extension, will be the next dean of UF/IFAS Extension and director of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, the University of Florida announced on Tuesday. Johnson will assume the role on ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES
Tags: Andra Johnson, J. Scott Angle, News

Master Naturalist program inspires action on environment

by Scott Angle

July 30, 2021

Once upon a time, the Blackwater River was a conveyor belt of prosperity. Loggers floated longleaf pine trunks to the mills. But once the longleafs were all cut, the mills, landings, and structures that supported the industry were abandoned. ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forest, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Volunteer/Training, Water
Tags: An Angle On IFAS, Extension, Master Naturalist, Natural Resources

Vam York: An Appreciation

by Scott Angle

July 26, 2021

UF/IFAS has lost one of its most devoted philanthropists as well as one its true pioneers, Vermelle “Vam” York. She passed away peacefully on Wednesday. She was the widow of UF/IFAS founder Dr. E.T. York. Over the course of their 64-year ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Forest, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Vam York

Celebrating Faculty Excellence

by Scott Angle

July 26, 2021

Congratulations to the 59 UF/IFAS faculty whose record of strong achievement has earned them tenure, permanent status and/or promotion! I am proud to work with each and every one of these leaders who consistently demonstrate across-the-board ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, EVENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE

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