UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
New industrial hemp workshops will be held in Gainesville, Homestead, & Apopka. The workshops and field activities address the rules, cultivation, and variety trials. If you are an industry professional or agricultural growers looking for new crop information, register… Read More
Environmental Quality Incentives Program-Horticulture, Greenhouse and Nurseries The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service provides cost sharing programs for producers to help improve conservation value of their lands. These programs and the related free technical assistance are extremely valuable… Read More
Environmental Quality Incentives Program-Forestland or Silvopasture The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service provides cost sharing programs for producers to help improve conservation value of their lands. These programs and the related free technical assistance are extremely valuable to… Read More
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My Summer Internship: Gabbi Obando Gabbi Obando is an undergraduate WEC student and a Doris Duke Conservation Scholar. What is the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program? Doris Duke is a program funded through a charitable foundation that was… Read More
Food is an integral part of who we are and impacts our lives, therefore eating nutritious and healthy food is essential.
Post authored by Susan Griffith, Florida Friendly Program Specialist. Spring has sprung and with it comes many butterflies! Butterflies start out in their larval form as caterpillars of all different shapes and sizes. They like to munch on… Read More
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Mary Mack Gray is a recent WEC MS recent graduate. What do you study? I study brown-headed nuthatches! My MS work was specifically focused on a population of them in the Everglades. What did you study about them? We… Read More
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Nick Vitale is a recent WEC MS graduate. What was your research about? My research focused on a population of American Oystercatchers on the Gulf coast, and looking at factors that are limiting their reproductive success. What… Read More
Equipment stewardship is critical in youth programs. We as 4-H staff, faculty or volunteers, sometimes get into a position where we must manage large inventories. No matter what that inventory is, we are the stewards of shared property… Read More
At the end of each school year, the Manatee River Soil and Water Conservation District (MRSWCD) sponsors a Conservation Award for one student from each FFA or 4-H chapter who participated in one of the board’s events. The… Read More
