GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Most termites don’t kill trees, but Asian subterranean termites are slaying some pine trees in South Florida and damaging the rest of the local urban tree canopy, a new University of Florida study found. “Our… Read More
By Christy Chiarelli GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The learning center located in the UF/IFAS Austin Cary Forest was recently renamed the Roland T. Stern Learning Center. In late January, the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation hosted… Read More
By Kim Scotto Dr. Raelene Crandall, assistant professor in the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation, fondly remembers her first fire: a prescribed prairie burn during an undergraduate internship with the Nature Conservancy. It wasn’t just… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Seafood can be a tasty source of protein that supports a healthy, balanced diet. But too much of anything is not always beneficial, said Anne Mathews, a food and human nutrition scientist with the University… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new plant pops up in your yard — is it a weed? It’s all in the eye of the beholder, says a lawn and garden expert with the University of Florida. “A weed… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida student has been chosen as one of nine undergraduate students to receive a research grant from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA). Current UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences… Read More
As a teenager, Colleen Larson spent summers working on dairy farms in north Florida, while her friends slept in late, swam in a nearby river or just hung out. Early mornings, waiting for the Florida heat to engulf… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A neighborly message of care and community from the University of Florida IFAS Extension has won a prestigious gold award from the American Advertising Federation in the Film, Video, Sound category. Named Best in… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — You don’t have to be Popeye to celebrate Spinach Day, March 26. Packed with vitamins and minerals, this leafy green is a nutritional powerhouse, says a researcher at the University of Florida. “Spinach is… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s farmers may have a new crop to grow if the University of Florida is successful in a pilot project to grow industrial hemp across the state. Researchers with the UF Institute of Food and… Read More
