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Media Alert: Join UF/IFAS Extension Wakulla County for a Beginning Backyard Poultry Workshop

by Jamie Groh
April 17, 2026

What: UF/IFAS Extension Wakulla County is hosting a Beginning Backyard Poultry Workshop for new and aspiring poultry farmers.  Where: UF/IFAS Extension Wakulla County, 84 Cedar Ave, Crawfordville, FL 32327.  When: Thursday, April 30, 5:30 – 8 p.m. ET. Cost: A $15 pre-registration fee ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Farm Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Featured, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, University Of Florida, Wakulla County
Festival goers learning from UF and external scientists about marine pollution (2023). Photo credit: Emily Colson, UF/IFAS NCBS.

Media Alert: Join UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station for Community Science Night

by Jamie Groh
April 14, 2026

What: UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station (NCBS) is hosting a free and open to the public Community Science Night.  Where: UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, 552 1st St, Cedar Key, FL, United States, Florida 32625.  When: ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Community Engagement, Community Events, Featured, Nature Coast Biological Station, NCBS, UF IFAS News, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
A green tractor pulls an open-air trailer with people seated inside across a grassy field, with cornfields and trees in the background.

Media Alert: Join UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Suwannee Valley for Community Day at the Farm

by Jamie Groh
April 13, 2026

What: The UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Suwannee Valley (NFREC-SV) is hosting a free and open to the public Community Day at the Farm.  Where: UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Suwannee Valley, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Community Day, Featured, North Florida Research And Education Center-Suwannee Valley, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Research

Welcome Our New Commercial Horticulture Program Specialist

by Jackie Lebouitz
April 10, 2026

At UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County, we work closely with residents, volunteers, and professionals on a wide range of topics in horticulture, with a focus on promoting plant health through best management practices (BMPs) in the landscape ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Business, Commercial, Featured, Garden, Greenhouse, Growers, Horticulture, Nursery, Pgm_Chemicals, Plants, Professional
Caimán en el agua: primer plano en su entorno natural.

UF/IFAS Extension Natural Resources Leadership Institute Names Permanent Director

by Jamie Groh
April 10, 2026

Just as this year’s Class 25 Fellows graduate, the UF/IFAS Extension Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) has more to celebrate as Joy Hazell is named permanent director after spending more than a year as interim.   “I’m ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Director, Featured, Leadership, Natural Resources Leadership Institute, UF/IFAS Extension
A large group of people at a banquet sitting in white chairs at white round tables with a woman standing at the speaker's podium at the front of the room.

Media Alert: Join as UF/IFAS Extension Natural Resources Leadership Institute Recognizes Graduates of Class 25

by Jamie Groh
April 6, 2026

What: UF/IFAS Extension Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) Class 25 Graduation Banquet  Where: Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention, 811 S Main St, Gainesville, Fl When: Saturday, April 18, 5:30 – 9 p.m.   Media ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Featured, Natural Resources Leadership Institute, NRLI, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, University Of Florida
A red tractor with extended sprayer arms moves through a large, green crop field.

Media Alert: Join Experts for the 11th Annual UF/IFAS Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference

by Jamie Groh
March 31, 2026

What: The UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics (FRE) hosts the annual Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference.  Where: The Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, 2725 S Binion Rd, Apopka, Fl, 32703 or virtually ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Conference, Featured, Florida Agricultural Policy Conference, Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Department, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Policy, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences
A Florida-springs fed river is center of frame with one male and one female researcher to the right wading in the knee-high water and a pedestrian raised wood bridge to the left.

Florida’s Natural Springs Janitors: Research Shows Snails Can Help Fight Algae

by Jamie Groh
March 25, 2026

What are the green globs that are sometimes seen floating in or even taking over Florida’s natural springs and waterways? Those would be algae blooms and, turns out, snail grazers have a role to play.  For 20 years, waterway ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Algae, Algae Bloom, Algal Bloom, Dina Liebowitz, Featured, Florida Waterways, Freshwater, Matt Cohen, News, Paul Donsky, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Springs, UF-IFAS
A pair of green farming tractors pull a potato harvester machine behind harvesting potatoes in a field of dirt.

Media Alert: Connect with 100 Years of UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center through Field Day and Celebration Dinner

by Jamie Groh
March 12, 2026

What: The UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center is hosting a centennial anniversary dinner and Field Day tour event showcasing over 100 years of advancement and commitment to the Tri-County Agriculture Area, an epicenter ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Featured, Flagler County, Hastings, Hastings Agricultural Extension Center, Potato, Potatoes, Putnam County, St. John's County, UF-IFAS

Reassessing Meatless Monday: A Scientific Perspective on the Role of Meat in Sustainable Diets

by Bridget Stice
November 3, 2025

By Bridget Stice, UF/IFAS Extension Polk Meatless Monday campaigns urge the public to skip meat one day a week to "improve health and protect the planet". While reducing excessive consumption of any food can be beneficial, blanket campaigns ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, , Water, Wildlife
Tags: Agriculture, Beef, Bstice, Featured, Livestock, Meat, Polk County, Polk County FL, Polkco, SFBF, Sustainability

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