By: Ed Hunter (352) 392-1773 x 278 Source(s): Mickie Swisher mesw@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-1869 Rose Koenig rosiesfarm@mindspring.com, (352)331-1804 View Photo GAINESVILLE — Conventional wisdom holds that buying produce at a farmers’ market is better than getting it from the… Read More
By: Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281 Source(s): Don Poucher info@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-0437 Robert Stamps rhs@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu, (407) 884-2034 APOPKA—Members of the Florida Legislature and Board of Regents will dedicate a new $12.7 million addition to the University of… Read More
By: Serya Yesilcay Source: Bob Sand sand@animal.ufl.edu, (352) 392-7529 MARIANNA—Breeders and cattlemen interested in consigning bulls and finding out more about the University of Florida’s new bull-testing facility are invited to an open house at UF’s North Florida… Read More
By: Serya Yesilcay Source(s): George Rogers (850) 475-5230 Bob Stroh (352) 392-7697 View Photo PENSACOLA — Designed to withstand winds of more than 120 mph, a new University of Florida “hurricane house” will show builders and homeowners how… Read More
Source(s): Jimmy Cheek jgc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-1961 Emily Sperling sperling@ufl.edu, (352) 392-2251, ext. 235 GAINESVILLE — Emily Sperling has been named director of student recruitment and retention for the University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.Sperling will… Read More
Source: Wayne Smith whs@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 846-0850 GAINESVILLE—Ross Whaley, president of the College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry at the State University of New York in Syracuse, will be the featured speaker at the University of Florida’s annual John… Read More
Source(s): Robert Cousins (352) 392-2133 Michael Moseley (352) 392-2253 GAINESVILLE—Robert Cousins, Boston family professor of human nutrition with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, is one of two UF faculty members elected Tuesday (5/3)… Read More
Source: Michael Martin mvm@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-1971 GAINESVILLE—Ramesh Reddy, a University of Florida graduate research professor and UF Research Foundation professor in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, has been named chairman of the department of soil and… Read More
By: Ami Neiberger Source(s): Terril Nell (352)392-1829 View Photo GAINESVILLE-Even rain couldn’t put a wet blanket on the University of Florida’s Earth Day Celebration recently. Heavy rain showers forced the outdoor event to move indoors about an hour… Read More
By: Ed Hunter (352) 392-1773 x 278 Source(s): Leigh Ann Martin lmartin@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 846-3771 Paulina Wittkowsky rpadilla@ufl.edu, (352) 846-3771 View Photo GAINESVILLE — In an effort to help elder Hispanics and other minorities eat a healthy diet, University… Read More
