By: Chris Eversole Source(s): George Tanner (352) 846-0570 LAKE PLACID — Threatened with urban development as never before, frogs and toads increasingly are finding refuge on Florida ranch lands, a University of Florida study finds. “Why are we… Read More
By: Chris Eversole Source(s): David Denslow (352) 392-0171 ext. 340 David Mulkey (352) 352-1845 ext. 406 Burl Long (352) 392-1826 ext. 207 GAINESVILLE — Florida’s urban mass could grow by almost half in the next 15 years, bringing… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): David Zimet (850) 875-7125 Beth Seely (352) 489-8353 GAINESVILLE—Florida rabbit farmers have cleared a major hurdle in stocking supermarket meat cases with rabbit cutlets, with recent approval from the USDA of a meat processing… Read More
By: Debra Amirin Source(s): Melda Bassett, Assistant VP fo (352) 392-1975 GAINESVILLE – Many growers and producers credit the success, if not the very survival, of Florida agriculture to teaching, research and extension efforts By the University of… Read More
By: Debra Amirin Source(s): Melda Bassett, Assistant VP fo (352) 392-1975 GAINESVILLE – Nearly $4 million in gifts and state matches through the SHARE program has helped the Everglades Research and Education Center reach the forefront of academic… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): Mack Thetford Deborah Miller (850) 983-2632 GAINESVILLE—The side panel on Deborah Miller and Mack Thetford’s state vehicle could easily read: Dunes R Us. Instead, it carries the University of Florida logo as the two… Read More
By: Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281 Source(s): Bill Messina messina@fred.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-1881 ext. 308 GAINESVILLE—Politics aside, Florida agriculture — especially sugar cane, vegetables and citrus — could face yet another serious challenge from abroad if or when… Read More
By: Chris Eversole Source(s): Murat Balaban (352) 392-4273 Diego Luzuri (352) 392-4239 Maurice Marshall (352) 392-1978 ext. 405 GAINESVILLE—To combat the rise in food-borne illnesses, University of Florida scientists are the first in the nation to begin testing… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): Malcolm Sanford (352) 392-1801 Laurence Cutts (352) 372-3505 Ray Zerba (904) 284-6355 GAINESVILLE—Beekeepers in Florida are facing their once and future nemesis, the Varroa bee mite, but this time they are doing it without… Read More
By: Carole L. Jaworski Source: Bobbi Langkamp-Henken, (352) 392-1991, ext. 205 GAINESVILLE – Bobbi Langkamp-Henken, assistant professor in the University of Florida’s Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, is the recipient of one of four 1998-99 Future Leader… Read More
