Category: Health & Nutrition

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Better mangoes, papayas and other tropical fruit: Breeding fruits consumers love, growers need

by Lourdes Mederos
August 27, 2025

Florida has long held a special place in America's fruit bowl. With its subtropical climate, the state remains one of the few parts of the continental United States where exotic fruits -- from mangoes and avocados to papayas and dragon fruit ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Avocado, Consumers, Crops, Cultivars, Diseases, DNA, Dragon Fruit, Exotic Fruits, Flavor, Florida, Gardens, Genetic Markers, Genetic Tools, Growers, Health, Jugpreet Singh, Laurel Wilt, Mango, Nutrition, Papaya, Papaya Ringspot, Pests, Production, Shelf Life, Subtropical Climate, Tropical Fruit, Tropical Research And Education Center

Jackson County Country Bumpkins Club

by ekrzes
August 27, 2025

Country Bumpkins is a club with a variety of things for the members to choose from to learn this year.  They can learn some cooking and baking skills, practice some artistic techniques as well as do some Geocaching. The sky is the limit for ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Clubs & Volunteers, Events, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: 4-H, 4-H. Jackson County, Art, Baking, Cooking, Imagination
Rachel and a friend smiling at each other outside Griffin Stadium.

Letters to Myself: Rachel Stennett, B.S. Dietetics, Offers Advice and Encouragement

by Jessie Erwin
August 25, 2025

Introspection: examination of one's own thoughts and feelings. Upon reaching a major life milestone--moving to a new city, starting a new job, even achieving that personal goal of trying every burger joint in your hometown--it's natural to ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: A Letter To Myself, Dietetics Undergraduate, Dietetics-undergraduate-feature, Letter Of Advice, Letter To Myself, Letters To Myself, Rachel Stennett, UF/FSHN CAP, UF/FSHN Careers Advancement Project
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Welcome to the UF Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, 2025 Edition!

by Jessie Erwin
August 20, 2025

Welcome back to the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida for the 2025-2026 academic year! It's time to get out your calendars, because we have another exciting year coming up in the FSHN Department. From ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Food Science And Human Nutrition, Food Science And Human Nutrition Department, Food Week, Food Week 2025, FSHN Alumni And Friends Tailgate, Tailgate, UF/FSHN Food Week
ed berries being scooped by hands, additional berries in a background basket

La acerola podría ser un cultivo nuevo y nutritivo para Florida

by Luz Bahder
August 14, 2025

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.  Los consumidores valoran la acerola, fruto de la planta Malpighia emarginata, también conocida como cereza de Barbados, semeruco, manzanita o cerecita, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Crops, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Acerola, Aguacates, Ali Sarkhosh, Alimentos, Beneficios, Beneficios Nutricionales, Brasil, Centro De Investigación Y Educación En Ciencias Vegetales De UF/IFAS En Citra, Centro De Investigacion Y Educacion Tropical, Cerecita, Cereza De Barbados, Citricos, Crisis, Embrapa Semiárido, Español, Felipe Ferrao, Flavio França, Fruta, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jonathan Crane, Jugo, Jugpreet Singh, Malpighia Emarginata, Manzanita, Naranja, Patricio Munoz, Productores Agricolas, Seguridad Alimentaria, Semeruco, Spanish, Superfruta, TREC, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida
photo of people in an urban food garden

Back by popular demand: UF/IFAS Extension offers 2025 Sustainable Urban Food Production Short Course

by Lourdes Mederos
August 13, 2025

From backyard gardens to commercial-scale rooftop farms, sustainable urban food production is reshaping how we grow and access food in cities. That’s why leading scientists from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, , Conservation, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aquaponics, Broward, Chefs, Compost, Eco-friendly, Ecofrendly Farming, Entrepreneurs, Environmental Horticulture, Food, Food Forest, Food Handling, Food Safety, Food Waste, Garderners, Harvest, Hydroponic, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jiangxiao Qiu, Large-scale Composting, Local Food Movement, Lorna Bravo, Management Strategies, Miami-Dade, Monroe, News, Nutrient-rich Soil, Organic Fruit, Palm Beach, Rooftop Farms, Rooftop Gardens, Soil Regeneration, Sustainable Agricultural, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, University Of Florida, Urban Agriculture, Urban Food Production, Vegetables

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