Category: AGRICULTURE

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2025 UF/IFAS Awardees recognized at the Dinner of Distinction

by IFAS Advancement
December 1, 2025

UF/IFAS is pleased to announce the honorees that were recognized at the 2025 UF/IFAS Dinner of Distinction. This celebration recognizes the commitment of individuals and organizations to the UF/IFAS mission of teaching, research and Extension. 2025 ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, EVENTS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Adam Putnam, Allison Tant, Brady Revels, CALS, Ernest Sellers, Farm Credit, Florida Cattlemens Foundation, Kim Sams, Melissa Putnam, UF/IFAS

How It Happened: Wedgworth Leadership Institute Endowments

by IFAS Advancement
August 21, 2024

It makes sense that agriculture would play a major role in the Sunshine State’s history and economy. Recognizing this importance, the Florida Leadership Program for Agriculture and Natural Resources (now known as the UF/IFAS Wedgworth Leadership ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Professional Development, UF/IFAS
Tags: Agriculture And Natural Resources, Eugene Trotter, Florida Leadership Program, George Wedgworth, How It Happened, Scottie Butler, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida, Wedgworth Leadership Institute

How It Happened: Community support creates community space at NFREC-Suwannee Valley

by IFAS Advancement
May 16, 2024

The land-grant mission develops and extends science-based knowledge from the university to individuals, businesses and communities across the state. Fulfilling this mission for the communities of the Suwannee River Basin is the focus of the ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Advancement Council, Community Support, Extension, Florida Farm Bureau, How It Happened, Live Oak, NFREC, NFREC-SV, Nutrien, Pavilion, Suwannee Valley, UF/IFAS

How it Happened: UF/IFAS Flavors of Florida

by IFAS Advancement
March 27, 2024

Since its inception in 2014, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Flavors of Florida event has been a testament to the pioneering spirit of UF/IFAS and rich agricultural heritage of the Sunshine State. ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, EVENTS, Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: 4-H, Alan And Cathy Hitchcock, FFSP, Field And Fork, Flavors Of Florida, Food Is Our Middle Name, Fresh From Florida, FSHN, How It Happened, Mildred's Big City Food, Plant Breeding, UF/IFAS, Underground Kitchen, University Of Florida

How It Happened: FSGA & UF/IFAS’ Game-Changing Partnership for Strawberry Industry

by IFAS Advancement
January 30, 2024

Cultivating Florida’s Strawberry Legacy In the heart of Florida’s strawberry fields, the partnership between the Florida Strawberry Growers Association (FSGA) and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Science (UF/IFAS) ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, , Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Florida Strawberry Growers Association, GCREC, How It Happened, Research, Strawberry, UF/IFAS

Florida 4-H teens share space science with youth and adults

by Caylin Hilton and Noelle GuayAvatar photo
February 22, 2023

The first 4-H In Space: Mission Command Team of Space Ambassadors attended the Higher Orbits: Go For Launch! science program hosted at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in July 2022. Forty-eight 4-H teens from 4 states -- Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, Camp, Curriculum, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, 4-H School Enrichment, 4-H Science, Florida 4-H, Florida 4-H Foundation, Space, STEM

Stand Up & Holler for UF/IFAS

by IFAS Advancement
February 15, 2022

Support the UF/IFAS programs you love on Gator Nation Giving Day! On February 17, 2022, Gators everywhere will “Stand Up & Holler” by making a gift to the UF program that means the most to them. Support from alumni and friends on Gator ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, EVENTS, Home Landscapes, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Gator Nation Giving Day, Giving Day, UF/IFAS

UF/IFAS Year-End Giving

by IFAS Advancement
November 23, 2021

We are grateful for all the support for students, faculty, research, and Extension we received over the past year, and look forward to Going Greater in 2022. In this season of giving, please consider supporting an area of UF/IFAS that is important ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Donor Advised Fund, Extension, IRA Rollover, Tax Credit, UF Foundation, UF/IFAS, VP Promise, Year-end Giving

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