On 4-H Day at the Capitol last month, 11-year-old 4-Her Reagan Casler met with Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, six state senators, 10 representatives, and the Hillsborough County district attorney. And she showed off her Gator boots to Commissioner of ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
By hitching horticulture to health care, we can help heal the world while we feed it. Doctors alone cannot reverse the astonishing current state of affairs: Globally, we spend more treating diet-related disease than we do producing food. I ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
I’m more convinced than ever that UF/IFAS has to be—and is—a central player in feeding the world of 2050. After all, food is our middle name. Perhaps no one in UF/IFAS embodies our feed-the-world imperative more than Gbola Adesogan. ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events
We’re kicking off 2022 by looking ahead with an updated UF/IFAS Strategic Plan. We’ve taken a less-is-more approach, focusing this two-page document on what unites us, regardless of job title, duties, discipline or target audience. This ... READ MORE
Category: Work & LifeCris Arellano Jr. loved Holly, and that’s why he helped his dad cut out her heart and lungs for lab testing. He did not want his heifer’s death to be in vain. He wanted to know what caused it, and, more importantly, he wanted other people ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Clubs & Volunteers, Livestock, Pests & DiseaseIt all started with the carrot trucks that roll through the Suwannee Valley. There are enough of them that they got the attention of a congressional aide who asked John Walt Boatright where they were coming from. John Walt told him “Glad ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm ManagementOne of the jobs of UF/IFAS scientists is to challenge conventional wisdom. You don’t want to bet the ranch on something that only seems true. Facts, empirical evidence and data are a more solid foundation for the truth you need to make decisions ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock
Once upon a time, the Blackwater River was a conveyor belt of prosperity. Loggers floated longleaf pine trunks to the mills. But once the longleafs were all cut, the mills, landings, and structures that supported the industry were abandoned. ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, Water