Category: Agriculture

New UF/IFAS Study: Florida Agriculture, Natural Resource and Related Industries Have $101.9 Billion Value-Added Impact and Generate Second Largest Number of Jobs in the State

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 29, 2008

By: Chuck Woods Source: Alan Hodges - awhodges@ufl.edu, 352-392-1881 x312 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- At a time when the nation's slowing economy is tipping toward recession, one of the largest and most stable sectors of Florida's economy continues ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Work & Life
Tags: Alan Hodges, Economy

Next Week’s ‘Florida Saves’ Campaign Urges State Residents to Save for a Rainy Day

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 19, 2008

By: Mickie Anderson - (352) 273-3566 Sources: Elaine Courtney - ecourtne@ifas.ufl.edu, (850) 689-5850 Anita McKinney - anitamck@ufl.edu, (904) 387-8850 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Expect a call from your conscience next week, telling you it's ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Money Matters, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Anita McKinney, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Elaine Courtney

More Seek the Small-Farm Dream, but Need Help from Friends, Experts Say

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 18, 2008

By: Stu Hutson - (352) 273-3569 Sources: Robert Hochmuth - bobhoch@ufl.edu, (386) 362-1725 x103 Danielle Treadwell - ddtreadw@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1928 x210 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It wasn't long after longtime commercial writer ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Bob Hochmuth, Danielle Treadwell, Small Farms

‘It’s All About Food,’ Global Policy Expert Will Explain

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 13, 2008

By: Stu Hutson - (352) 273-3569 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- At January's World Economic Forum, Bill Gates stood before a collection of the world's foremost business and political leaders - all buzzing with concerns of global recession, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: E.T. York, Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Pollinating Peaches (stand alone photo – no story available)

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 12, 2008

Source: Jose Chaparro - jaguey58@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1928 View Photo In this photo released from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, fruit crop genetics researcher Jose Chaparro, left, and doctoral student ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Jose Chaparro

Fueling the Future (stand alone photo – no story available)

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 28, 2008

Source: Lonnie Ingram - ingram@ufl.edu, (352) 392-8176 View Photo In this photo released from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Florida State Rep. Larry Cretul (left) and UF professor of microbiology ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Ethanol, Lonnie Ingram

Playing Santa for Oneself Can Lead to a Debt-Filled New Year, UF Expert Warns

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 10, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With more than half of us expecting to play Santa for ourselves this holiday season, a University of Florida family finance expert warns that being self-indulgent - even at bargain prices - can lead to a bad case of buyer's ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Money Matters
Tags: Michael Gutter

Seriously Evaluating Poinsettias (stand alone photo – no story available)

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 6, 2007

View Photo In this photo released from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Susan Crosson of Gainesville takes notes at the annual poinsettia open house and field day on UF's main campus in Gainesville – ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Poinesttias

Researchers Say New Steak’s a Hit With Consumers

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 28, 2007

View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A cut of beef once ground into hamburger has become one of the nation’s most popular steaks, thanks to a processing method co-developed by a University of Florida researcher. Recent figures show flat iron ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Work & Life
Tags: Dwain Johnson, Flat Iron Steaks, Steve Wald

Outspoken Environmentalist Nathaniel Reed to Visit UF November 28

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 21, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Nathaniel Reed, a lifelong environmentalist who worked under more than one president despite a controversial style that transcended party politics, will speak at the University of Florida November 28. Reed is being named ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS
Tags: Karl Havens, Nathaniel Reed

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