Did you know that on average, one school-age child packing a disposable lunch generates 67 pounds of waste per school year? In fact, just one average-sized elementary school of 280 children produces 18,760 pounds or over 9 tons of lunch waste ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
By: Stu Hutson - (352) 273-3569 Sources: Russell Nagata - nagata@ufl.edu, (561) 993-1557 Green Cay Produce (Nancy Roe) - kes@bellsouth.net The Breakers Palm Beach - annmargo.peart@thebreakers, (561) 659-8465 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeView Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- October is Folic Acid Awareness Month in Florida, and to educate the University of Florida community about this important nutrient, the Florida Folic Acid Coalition and the March of Dimes, North Central Florida ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & LifeBy: Tom Nordlie (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Jimmy Cheek jgcheek@ufl.edu, 352-392-1971 Neil Shay nshay@ufl.edu, 352-392-1991 ext. 202 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Neil F. Shay, a leading nutritional scientist with Kellogg Company and University ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS
By: Stu Hutson 352-392-0400 Source(s): Andrew D. Hanson adha@ufl.edu, 352-392-1928 ext. 334 Jesse F. Gregory III jfgy@ufl.edu, 352-392-1991 ext. 225, http://www.hos.ufl.edu/meteng/1cpage1.html http://fshn.ifas.ufl.edu/faculty/JFGregory/index.html View ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchBy: Stu Hutson 352-392-0400 Source(s): Ron Ward rward@ufl.edu, 352-392-1845 ext. 402 Carlos Jauregui cej@ufl.edu View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Apparently, most grocery-store goers shop for what they don’t want. Of course, they don’t ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Work & LifeBy: Stu Hutson 352-392-0400 Source(s): Maria Gallo mgm@ufl.edu, 352-273-8124 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For nearly 3 million Americans, the most dangerous aspect to air travel is the complimentary in-flight snack. Every year, about ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, Work & Life
By: Tom Nordlie (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Sally Williams williams@animal.ufl.edu, 352-392-2993 David Dinkins ddinkins@co.st-johns.fl.us, 352-904-0430 Char Farin char_farin@ncsu.edu, 919-515-4022 Bette Gebrian bette_haiti@hotmail.com, View ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & LifeBy: Mickie Anderson (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Al Ferrer ajferrer@ufl.edu, 407-665-5558 Jim Hunter 407-695-2930 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It’s related to okra, is officially a hibiscus and tastes a lot like cranberry. University ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition