Category: Work & Life

Coming Soon: StrongBodies Strength Training Program

by Patrick Zayas
June 6, 2025

Join us for strength training classes! These classes are designed for mid-life and older adults and include progressive resistance training. Classes are open to anyone 18 and older. The StrongPeople StrongBodies program is based upon years ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Balance, Chronic Diseases, Functional Fitness, Maintaining Balance, Progressive Resistance Training, Senior Fitness Test, Strength, Strength Training, StrongBodies

Palatable Petals in Summer: Nasturtiums, Amaranths, and Passion Flowers

by Shane Teachworth
June 6, 2025

Flowering plants, or angiosperms, are the most diversified type of plant on Earth, representing about 80% of all plant species. Excluding ferns, mosses, and pines, most couldn’t name a plant that doesn’t blossom. The exact origins of flowers ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Amaranth, Florida Landscaping, Food Trend, Gardening, Horticultural Sciences, Nasturtium, Passion Flower

Essential Financial Tools

by Lisa Leslie
June 5, 2025

Start here to take control of your financial security. These tools can help you protect your identity, monitor your credit, and make informed financial decisions. Protect Your Identity with a Credit Security Freeze. Make it harder for thieves ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Credit Freeze, Financial Professional, Identity Protection, Identity Theft, Personal Finance

Expertos de UF desmienten mitos sobre los rayos y comparten consejos para salvar vidas durante la temporada de tormentas en Florida

by Luz Bahder
June 5, 2025

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS. Florida entra una vez más en su característica temporada de tormentas eléctricas de verano. Las nubes se acumulan rápidamente y, con ellas, a veces se alcanza ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agentes De Extension, Aire Libre, Ciencia De Los Rayos, Consejo De Seguridad Contra Rayos, Corriente, Español, Extension, Florida, Lara Milligan, Mito, Naturally Florida Podcast, Podcast, Rayeria, Rayo, Realidad, Refugio, Relámpago, Seguridad, Seguridad Personal, Semana De Concienciación Sobre La Seguridad Ante Rayos, Shannon Carnevale, Spanish, Temporada De Huracanes, Temporada De Tormentas Eléctricas De Verano, Todo Sobre Los Rayos, Tormenta Eléctrica, Tormentas, Tronar, Trueno, UF-IFAS, Verano

Building Developmental Relationships with Youth

by gwhitworth
June 4, 2025

Developmental relationships (supportive relationships with caring adults) are one of the four key components in 4-H programs that help young people thrive emotionally, socially, and cognitively. Through these relationships, youth develop skills ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, Adults, Relationships, Youth, Youth Development

UF launches free online program to support people facing new cancer diagnosis

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
June 4, 2025

Navigating a new cancer diagnosis can mean walking through a scary new world, not only for patients but also for their families and caregivers. To help ease this complex and overwhelming transition, UF/IFAS Extension and UF Health Cancer Center ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension

A Career with True Community Impact: Dr. Maria Portelos-Rometo Retires After Nearly 18 years

by Lee Hayes Byron
June 3, 2025

On May 31, Dr. Maria Portelos-Rometo retired after a truly impactful career with UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County. Maria joined Sarasota County Extension in October 2007 as the Family Nutrition Program manager, after teaching family and ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
Tags: Career, Community, Education, Impact, Maria Rometo, Pgm_Admin

Let’s Kick Off Summer With Blackberries!

by Elizabeth Shephard
June 3, 2025

Blackberries are a common summer favorite, featured in some of our favorite drinks and desserts. Many of us remember picking blackberries as kids, coming home with purple faces and hands and very few berries in our buckets! And we were right ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Blackberries, Food, Food Safetyfrozen Yogurt, Frozen, Fruit, National Frozen Yogurt Day, National Frozen Yogurt Month, Nutrition, Preserving, Smoothies

Summer 2025: Personal Finance Webinars

by Lisa Leslie
June 2, 2025

Join us for these informative, interactive webinars. All are 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST, Cost = Free June 25, PowerPay Debt Away: Build Your Personalized Plan to Eliminate Debt We will explore Utah State University’s powerful debt ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Money Management, Online Money Management Classes, Online Personal Finance Class

Current Affairs: Rip Currents

by Armando Ubeda
June 2, 2025

Summer in Florida means beach time. No school and warmer waters are a perfect excuse to go to the beach. With great fun, however, comes great responsibility. Safety is critical, especially when it comes to understanding rip currents. These ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Recreation, Water, Work & Life
Tags: Pgm_FloridaSeaGrant, Pgm_Marine, Rip Current, Safety, Swimming

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