Tag: B.S. in Food and Resource EConomics

FRE Graduating Senior Savannah Bailey with Department Chair Lisa House at 2026 CALS Award Ceremony

FRE Graduate Savannah Bailey Receives Emelie L. Matthews Award of Excellence

by Alena Poulin
July 9, 2026

After graduating from high school with her A.A., Savannah Bailey arrived at the University of Florida and turned a daunting transition into upper-level coursework into a legacy of leadership and community building on campus.  Her drive ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Food And Research Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Alumni
Food and Resource Economics graduating senior poses with UF/IFAS CALS Teaching Dean after receiving the UF/IFAS CALS Alumni & Friends Leadership Award

FRE Alumnus Drew Blanton Receives CALS Alumni and Friends Leadership Award

by Alena Poulin
June 9, 2026

While finishing his undergraduate degree was a major step for UF Food and Resource Economics Alumnus Drew Blanton, it is not the end of his academic journey in Gainesville. And yet, as one of the CALS Top 10 Seniors and recipient of the 2026 CALS ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, CALS, CALS Awards, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Alumni, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, UF CALS
Xumin Zhang is presented with Outstanding Teaching of a Course Award at 2026 SAEA Annual Meeting.

Dr. Xumin Zhang Receives 2026 Outstanding Teaching Award

by Alena Poulin
April 20, 2026

Xumin Zhang, Instructional Assistant Professor in the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, received the 2026 Outstanding Teaching of a Course Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) during their annual meeting ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, Quest Courses

UF/IFAS launches agricultural entrepreneurship program to prepare students to create farming, AgTech businesses

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
March 12, 2026

Highlights: UF’s Food and Resource Economics Department is launching the Wayne T. Davis Agricultural and Rural Entrepreneurship program in Fall 2026 to help students build agriculture-focused businesses. The new course sequence teaches ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Alumni, Food And Resource Economics News, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, Master Of Agribusiness
FRE Quiz Bowl and other students post doing the Gator Chomp at AAEA 2025

UF FRE Quiz Bowl Takes First Place at AAEA Competition

by Alena Poulin
September 22, 2025

At the end of July, FRE’s Academic Quiz Bowl team traveled to Denver, Colorado, to compete against some of the top rising agricultural economists in the country at the annual meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, ... READ MORE

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Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Student Involvement, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, FRE Quiz Bowl
Food and Resource Economics Student Jimena Morales with Economics Analysis Research Background

Food and Resource Economics Undergraduate Jimena Morales Places 2nd in AAEA Student Paper Competition

by Alena Poulin
September 2, 2025

By applying her passions for sustainability in agriculture to research, rising senior Food and Resource Economics undergraduate Jimena Morales placed second in the student paper competition at the annual Agricultural & Applied Economics ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Beef, Cattle, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Research, Seaweed, Undergraduate Research
Data Analytics on a computer screen with global map in background

New Data Analytics Minor from Food and Resource Economics Department Empowers Students Seeking High Tech Career Opportunities

by Alena Poulin
August 26, 2025

Launching officially in Fall 2025, the Data Analytics for Applied Economics and Agribusiness minor is the first of its kind to be offered at the undergraduate level at the University of Florida.   Department faculty designed this new minor ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: AI, B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Data Analytics, Data Analytics Minor, Food And Resource Economics, FRE Advising, FRE Minors, FRE Undergraduate, Professional Development, Teaching
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Food and Resource Economics Combined Degree Empowers Victoria Manrique to Jumpstart Her Career in Supply Chain Management

by Alena Poulin
May 29, 2025

For highly motivated undergraduate students like Victoria Manrique, a Food and Resource Economics combined degree at UF provides a unique opportunity for them to accelerate the completion of their M.S. degree by starting graduate-level coursework ... READ MORE

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Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Combined Degree, Combined Degree In Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Alumni, Food And Resource Economics Careers, Food And Resource Economics Combined Degree, John Lai, M.S. In Food And Resource Economics, Master Of Science, Master's Degree, Supply Chain Management, Victoria Manrique

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