Category: Agriculture

December First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
December 5, 2022

Recap of December First Friday with Florida First Detector On December 2nd, we covered the basics of invasive snails and slugs. Snails and slugs are a type of mollusk called a gastropod. Slugs are different than snails in that they typically ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Bioscurity, Early Detection, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Gastropods, Giant African Land Snail, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg, Slugs, Snails

Master Gardeners Harvest Educational Excellence Award

by Barbara L. Edmonds
December 2, 2022

Master Gardeners receive the Award of Excellence for Educational Materials from the University of Florida. The ‘Record of Change’ portable herbarium project provides responsive and timely education for residents and Master Gardeners. More ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Master Gardener, UF/IFAS Extension

Manuel Gastelbondo – Student Spotlight – UF/IFAS CALS Plant Breeding Ph.D. Program

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 2, 2022

Tell us a little about yourself. I was born in Colombia. I have worked as a plant breeder for about 11 years. I was the former research and development director for Ball Horticultural in Colombia in charge of five breeding programs and ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Horticultural Sciences, Plant Breeding, Student

Estefania Tavares Flores – Student Spotlight – UF/IFAS CALS Plant Breeding Ph.D. Program

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 2, 2022

Tell us a little about yourself. I’m an international student from Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. I did my master’s degree in genetics at West Virginia University. I’ve always been passionate about genome editing techniques used to accelerate ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Horticultural Sciences, Plant Breeding, Student

Jesse Murray – Student Spotlight – UF/IFAS CALS Plant Breeding Ph.D. Program

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 2, 2022

Tell us a little about yourself. I am originally from Kansas and grew up in the Midwest exploring the prairie ecosystem, camping, hiking and playing sports. What do you study? Currently, I am studying the breeding and genetics of lettuce ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Horticultural Sciences, Plant Breeding, Student

Food is Our Middle Name podcast: What’s the deal with…farm technology?

by Tory Moore
December 2, 2022

Technology is rapidly advancing in many different industries, but what about agricultural technology? Drones? Artificial intelligence? How does this benefit farmers and does it benefit shoppers? UF/IFAS experts Kati Migliaccio and Nathan ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: #aiatuf, #FoodIsOurMiddleName, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agricultural And Biological Engineering Department, Agriculture Technology, AI, AI In Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Drones, Food Is Our Middle Name, GCREC, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Plant Breeding, Podcast, Robotics, Robots, Technology, UF/IFAS Communications

Putting Milk Consumption Risks into Context

by Livestock Lab
December 2, 2022

A pebble is almost nothing when compared to a mountain, just as the risk from this toxin is minor. Even though people around the world drink milk every day without worry, there are certain risks. One risk comes from a particular toxin that ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aflatoxin, Disease, Global, Human Health, Milk

Sustainable Development Goals And One Health: SDG 8

by Alejandro Sanchez
December 1, 2022

Sustainable Development Goal 8 is often described as the economic growth goal. However, this simplified definition generates the impression that SDGs are divided between sustainable goals and development goals with goal number eight firmly in ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Farm Management, Money Matters, Professional Development, Work & Life
Tags: Circular Health, Interdisciplinarity, Luca Mantegazza, One Health, Sustainable Development Goals

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