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Learn about Pollinators for your Landscape and Garden

by llw5479
March 14, 2023

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn how to bring pollinators to your property, enjoy a delicious lunch and even learn how to cook and store fresh herbs. This and more will be covered at the No Mow March Event taking place at the Okaloosa ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Crops, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Recreation, Turf, Wildlife
Tags: Events, Growing Vegetables, Herbs, Lawns, Pollinators, Wildflowers
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No Mow March Event on March 27

by llw5479
March 1, 2023

If you are interested in learning more about pollinators that are important to wildlife, on our farms and in our lawns, landscapes and gardens, you’ll be interested in the No Mow March event. This event offers something for everyone from ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Turf, Wildlife
Tags: Annual Weeds, Easter Egg Safety, Lawns, Pollinators, Seminar
Nikita in Bryce Canyon at sunrise with the sun coming up over the mountains

Human Norovirus: The Superbugs in Fresh Produce

by Jessie Erwin
February 27, 2023

Join us for another installment of FSHN Research Journeys, which follows the research of graduate students in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at The University of Florida. Today's guest poster is Nikita Bhusal, a first-year Ph.D. ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Contamination, Dr. Naim Montazeri, Food Safety, Food Science, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Food Science Graduate Degree, Food Science Graduate Program, Food Science Graduate Student, Food Science Major, Foodborne Virus, FSHN Research Journeys, Graduate Research, Graduate Student Research, Human Norovirus, Nikita Bhusal, Norovirus, Norovirus Contamination, PhD Food Science, Research Journeys, Research-journeys-food-science-phd, What Is Food Science Like
Green leafy vegetable

Create Containers for the Seasons

by Lisa Sanderson
February 19, 2023

Many of us love to garden or have had gardens we have loved over the years. Entire gardens can be a lot of work and can be expensive especially if you are paying someone else to do it!  While I work on a thoughtful design for layout and plantings ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Container Season, Lisa Sanderson, Mixed Containers, Planting Containers, Sumter County Extension, UF IFAS Extension, Update Containers

Gator Nation Giving Day in Broward County

by Alexandra Goetz
February 15, 2023

Giving to the Gator Nation isn't just for Gainesville It's often said that "The Gator Nation is everywhere". Many people don't realize just how true that is here in Florida. All 67 counties of Florida have a piece of the university in them- ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, , Work & Life
Tags: 4-H, Alexandra Goetz, Broward 4-H, Broward County, Extension, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Youth
SDGs and One Health: SDG 10

Sustainable Development Goals And One Health: SDG 10

by Alejandro Sanchez
February 2, 2023

Socioeconomic inequalities are strongly correlated with inequalities in human health outcomes. The Covid-19 pandemic provided stark examples of how this happens both within countries and among countries. Richer nations were able to secure vaccines ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Climate Change, Inequality, Interdisciplinarity, Luca Mantegazza, One Health, One Health At UF, SDG10, SDGS, Sustainable Development Goals

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