Category: Events

Zoom-tastic Innovation Platforms Prove Popular and Efficient

by Livestock Lab
December 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many in-person events into virtual formats, including the five 2021 Innovation Platform (IP) meetings for our five current target countries. Would these events be successful, given the potential for technical challenges, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Communicating, Innovation Platform, International Development, Meeting, Virtual, Zoom
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December First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
December 5, 2022

Recap of December 2022 First Friday with Florida First Detector On December 2,2022, 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 ... 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

December First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
December 5, 2022

Recap of December 2022 First Friday with Florida First Detector On December 2,2022, 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 ... 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
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Growing a Green Thumb! Gardening class starts January

by Barbara L. Edmonds
December 4, 2022

Levy County Extension hosts the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF-IFAS) Extension Master Gardener volunteer (MGV) training program. Meeting Thursdays, January 25 – April 18, 9 am – Noon, Levy County Extension ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Work & Life
Tags: Citizen Scientists, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Levy County, Levy County Extension, Master Gardener, UF-IFAS

Growing a Green Thumb! Gardening class starts January

by Barbara L. Edmonds
December 4, 2022

Levy County Extension hosts the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF-IFAS) Extension Master Gardener volunteer (MGV) training program. Meeting Thursdays, January 25 – April 18, 9 am – Noon, Levy County Extension ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Work & Life
Tags: Citizen Scientists, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Levy County, Levy County Extension, Master Gardener, UF-IFAS

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
hands holding pipet and test tube. Español. Manos sosteniendo una pipeta y un tubo de ensayo.

UF/IFAS y UF Health brindan atención médica a trabajadores agrícolas

by Luz Bahder
November 30, 2022

Aproximadamente 200,000 trabajadores agrícolas viven en Florida y generalmente reciben poca o ninguna atención médica. Ellos se constituyen en una fuerza laboral esencial que ha emigrado, en gran medida, de diversas regiones de México, América ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Events, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Agricultura, Atencion Medica, CAFE Latino, Colesterol, Dr. Norman Beatty, Educacion Y Comunicacion Agricola, Enfermedad De Chagas, Español, Examenes De Salud, Facultad De Medicina, John Diaz, Latinos, Migracion, Presion Sanguinea, Spanish, UF-IFAS
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December 2022 Class List

by Morgan Roth
November 25, 2022

Join us at the UF/IFAS Extension Brevard County office for some fun learning experiences this December! Below is our current class list for the month. Budgeting: Smart Choices, Smart Money December 5  |  4 pm – 6 pm Learn how to control ... READ MORE

Category: Events
Tags: 4-H, Air Fryer, Baking, Budgeting, Butter Boards, Canning, Car Seat, Car Seat Safety, Charcuterie, Charcuterie Board, Chicken Farm, Child Safety, Commercial Landscaping, Cooking, Finances, Financial Skills, Fishing Guide, Florida Friendly Fishing, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Healthy Recipes, Holiday Gifts, Lawn, Make Your Own Gifts, My Brevard Yard, Outdoor Skills, Pesticide License, Poultry, Pressure Canning, Pressure Cooker, Site Visits, Soil Health, Soil Improvement, Soil Testing, Urban Farm, Water Bath Canning, Youth Development

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