Category: Agribusiness
Satsumas Return to North Florida
July 20, 2016
Tour a Satsuma Grove on October 11. There was a time when citrus production was booming in North Florida. In the 1920’s, Jackson County, Florida, was known as the satsuma capital of the world. Satsuma is a citrus variety with excellent ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm ManagementTags: Citrus, Conference, Farm To School
2017 Gator100 Nominations Open
July 18, 2016
Nominations are now open for the 2017 Gator100! Each year, the University of Florida recognizes the fastest growing Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world. The Gator100 is a celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit and the impressive ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFASTags: Gator Business, Gator100, UF
Cottage industry expo for local food entrepreneurs
July 5, 2016
Have you ever dreamed of selling your own cheese or marketing your grandmother’s jam recipe? Budding entrepreneurs are invited to the first annual Tampa Bay Cottage Industry Expo to hear experts from the University of Florida Institute of ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Food Safety, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeTags: Featured Hot Topic, Hillsborough County, Mary Campbell, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Stephen Gran, Tampa Bay Cottage Industry Expo, Whitney Elmore
Meet the Pandhandle Fruit and Vegetable Conference Keynote Speaker
June 27, 2016
Richard Wiswall has been a farmer for 35 years. He runs Cate Farm, a certified organic farm in Vermont and is author of “The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook.” Richard’s experience as a farmer is sure to resonate with all farmers ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, AgricultureTags: Conference Speakers, Farm Business, Small Farms Conference
Agritourism Building Code Rule Development
June 21, 2016
By Mary Beth Henry, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County and co-leader for Small Farms Extension team As you may know, non-residential farm buildings are exempt from Florida building codes. That’s great for sheds and barns to house agricultural ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, AgricultureTags: Agritourism
Agritourism Law Passes: What does it mean?
June 21, 2016
By Mary Beth Henry, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County and co-leader for Small Farms Extension team Agritourism marries Florida’s two largest industries, tourism and agriculture, to provide an on farm recreational experience for consumers. ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, AgricultureTags: Agritourism
UF/IFAS helps local farmers break into the local food movement
June 2, 2016
When it comes to defining local food, things are hardly black and white. Instead, consumers perceive degrees of localness rather than firm local and non-local divisions, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Agriculture Hot Topic, Local Food, Marketing, PIE Center
65th Annual UF/IFAS Florida Beef Cattle Short Course
May 2, 2016
Who: The University of Florida IFAS department of animal sciences will host the 65th Annual Florida Beef Cattle Short Course. What: Both small and large beef producers are invited to hear experts discuss hot topics and current research ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Livestock, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Agriculture Hot Topic, Animal Sciences, Beef Cattle, Matt Hersom
Birdwatching on the Farm
April 26, 2016
We had a recent employee, Bill Dermott, who upon his departure gave me a list of all the birds he had observed at our research center over the last 6 months or so. We're talking about 80 different kinds of birds. This list consisted of the ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeTags: Alligators, Bird Watching, Florida Wild Life, Gulf Coast Research, Hawks, IFAS, Sandhill Cranes, Southern Hillsborough County, University Of Florida