Category: Events

October 2022 Home Show Includes Seminar on What to Plant in Fall

by Larry Williams
October 19, 2022

This year’s Home Show, sponsored by the Building Industry Association of Okaloosa & Walton Counties (BIA), will include a seminar on what to do and not to do during the fall in our North Florida lawns, landscapes and gardens. The Home ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Annuals, Bulbs, Fall Gardening, Gardening, Landscaping, Lawn Pests, Lawns, Perennials

Galardonada ingeniera y profesora de UF/IFAS utiliza inteligencia artificial para la conservación del agua

by Luz Bahder
October 13, 2022

Sandra Guzmán es una profesora en UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center (UF/IFAS IRREC, por sus siglas en inglés) en Fort Pierce, cuyo trabajo de investigación y extensión social se enfoca en el agua y su conservación. ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Events, Farm Management, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Agricultura, Agua, Citricos, Colombia, Español, Herencia Hispana, Ingenieria, Inteligencia Artificial, Riego, Sandra Guzmán, Sistemas Hidricos, Spanish, Tiempos De Riego

Este 5 de noviembre se celebra la inauguración del dormitorio para estudiantes de posgrado en el TREC de UF/IFAS

by Luz Bahder
October 12, 2022

El 5 de noviembre en el Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC) de UF/IFAS localizado en Homestead, se llevará a cabo una ceremonia de inauguración del primer edificio de University of Florida que llevará el nombre de ... READ MORE

Category: Events, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Dormitorio, Entomologia, Estudiantes, Inaguracion, One Night In The Tropics, Pauline Lawrence, Posgrado, Recaudacion De Fondos

Graduate dormitory housing is focus of UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center groundbreaking, fundraiser, Nov. 5

by Lourdes Mederos
October 12, 2022

On November 5, in the heart of Homestead, the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC) will commemorate a milestone with a ceremonial groundbreaking of the first University of Florida building named after a Black scientist. The ... READ MORE

Category: Events, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Dormitories, Edward "Gilly" Evans, Emeritus Professor Pauline Lawrence, Graduate Student Housing, TREC Dormitory Fund, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center

October 2022 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
October 11, 2022

Recap of October First Friday with Florida First Detector On October 7th, we covered resources for identification of plant problems. This was the second class in our First Friday series that built upon the basics of invasive species that ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching,
Tags: Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg

October 2022 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
October 11, 2022

Growing Strawberries: Virtual Class & Plant Sale

by Barbara L. Edmonds
October 11, 2022

Join us online for a virtual class on growing strawberries! Class topics will include how to select, plant, and grow strawberries in the home garden. The class is free, with the option to purchase bare-root strawberry plants as part of our annual ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Work & Life
Tags: Classes And Events, Growing Fruits, Strawberries, Vegetable Gardening

El Festival de Otoño del Departamento de Extensión de UF/IFAS en St. Lucie: una comunidad en crecimiento

by Luz Bahder
October 10, 2022

¿Busca un evento de otoño que supere el tradicional huerto de calabazas? No olvide marcar su calendario el sábado 15 de octubre, de 8 a.m. a 4 p.m. cuando ocurrirá el Festival de Otoño del Departamento de Extensión Social de UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Blog Community, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Relationships & Family, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Actividades, Departamento De Extension, Español, Fall Festival, Festival, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer Program, Programa De Voluntarios, Programas, Spanish, Talleres

Nassau County’s 2022 Peanut Butter Challenge

by Taylor Clem, PhD
October 6, 2022

It's that time of year-the peanut butter challenge Each October, extension offices across the state try to outcompete one another to collect the most jars of Peanut Butter. Each year the challenge gets better. The challenge gets bigger. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Butter, Challenge, Health And Wellness, Nutrition, PB, Peanut, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Challenge

World Food Day Brings Attention to Food Insecurity

by Melinda Souers
October 5, 2022

Making healthy food choices is a challenge of willpower for many of us, but for others it simply isn’t an option. According to a USDA report, more than 38 million people in the U.S. experienced food insecurity in 2020. Food insecurity is defined ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Events, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition
Tags: #4-HGrowshere, #foodinsecurity, #OC4H, #peanutbutterchallenge, 4-H, 4-H Events, Fruits And Vegetables, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Ocextension, Orange County, Vegetable Gardening, WorldFoodDay, Youth

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