From meal box subscription services to online and in-person specialty grocery outlets, the avenues from which Americans have available for food shopping have expanded widely in the past several years. As interest in participating in these ... READ MORE
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Highlights The last several years have been unpredictable for the cruise industry as its services became interrupted by the pandemic, and they were often the subject of negative media coverage due to COVID-19 breakouts, no sail orders, ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, UF/IFAS Research
After a two-year break due to COVID-19, the International Food Marketing Research Symposium took place in San Antonio, Texas, on June 14-16, where UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics assistant research scientist Angelia Chen was awarded Best ... READ MORE
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Michaela Kandzer graduated from the University of Florida Food & Resource Economics (FRE) bachelor’s degree program in 2019. She followed in the footsteps of her father, a fellow program alumnus who graduated with a degree in FRE at UF ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, , Work & Life
Author: Professor Andrew Schmitz, Ph.D., D.Litt. Eminent Scholar: Ben Hill Griffin Jr. Endowed Chair Food and Resource Economics (more…) READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops,
We are so pleased to welcome Luciano Junoy to the Discover FSHN Series! Luciano is a double Gator, graduating with undergraduate and graduate degrees in food science from the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida. ... READ MORE
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Although direct payments to Americans have been utilized during previous economically challenging times – the last as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 – never before had the world looked as it had in the spring ... READ MORE
Category: Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
The deadline is quickly approaching for farmers, ranchers, and nursery owners to apply for CFAP 2. the successor to the first Coronavirus Food Assistance Program administered by the USDA using funds from the USA CARES Act. The program, which ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
WHAT: A question-and-answer session with University of Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University researchers who are investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Florida’s agriculture and food system industries. The interactive portion ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Events, SFYL Hot Topic
The Veterans Florida Agriculture Program (VFAP) for military veterans at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) began in 2016 as a partnership with the Hillsborough County Economic Development and Professor Gary Vallad. The ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS