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Why Wait Until 2026 to Save Money on Healthier Food? Here’s How!


December 23, 2025

Is it possible to cook healthy, delicious food and save money on your grocery bill? Absolutely! Save Money When You Buy Local Produce Look no further than your local farmers market to save on fresh, local produce! Buying local fruits and vegetables ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Diet, Food, Health, Healthy, Lifestyle, Low-cost, Nutrition

Celebrate National Bingo Birthday Month—with a Healthy Twist!


December 22, 2025

Did you know the game of Bingo dates all the way back to the 1500s? Today, it’s still a favorite because it’s simple, social, and fun. You grab your card, listen for the numbers, and when you land five in a row, you get that moment everyone ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bingo, Exercise, Food, Food Safety, Fruits, Health, Nutrition, Vegetables
Family sitting around the table, eating and talking

National Family Stories Month: Why Our Stories Matter More Than Ever


November 24, 2025

What are you going to do with National Family Stories Month? For me, it started with an early Thanksgiving trip where about 35 family members gathered under one roof. The food was wonderful, of course—but the conversations were even better. ... READ MORE

Category: , Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Belonging, Family, Food, Recipes, Resilience, Self-esteem, Stories
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UF experts share easy, stress-free ways to waste less, save money, enjoy the holidays


November 20, 2025

  The holidays are all about good food, great gatherings and plenty of gratitude. It can be a time of extended budgets, overflowing trash bins and wasted leftovers. How does one plan with precision to maximize savings, guarantee ... READ MORE

Category: , Conservation, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Money Matters, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Beneficial Microorganisms, Brenda Marty-Jimenez, Budget, Compost, Cooking Temperature, Decomposition, Egg, Environmental Horticulture, Food, Food Planning, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Grocery, Holiday Meal, Holiday Savings, Josey Pearce Keener, Leftovers, Meal, Meat, Mica McMillan, Micronutrient, Overcooking, Portions, Poultry, Savubgs, Thawing, UF IFAS Extension Broward, UF IFAS Family And Consumer Sciences, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County, Undercooking, University Of Florida, USDA
herbs in a community garden plot, mostly rosemary and curly leaf parsley with a sign that says all things grow with love

A scent-sational invitation to you!


November 14, 2025

Join me for an herb-alicious good time at your local Sarasota County library. Our “Breaking the Rules – herb trio” One Seed classes are scheduled November 2025 through January 2026. These classes are a bit social so whether you are a novice ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Companion Planting, Container Gardening, Cooking With Kids, Edible Gardening, EdibleGardeningSeries, Event, Food, Garden, Growing Food In Florida, Healthy Eating, Herbs, Horticulture, Kids Gardening, Memory, Nutrition, Pgm_Gardens, Recipe, Tiny.cc/ufsaraext_oneseed, Ways To Save

Muscadine Lines: Celebrating Florida’s Native Grape at Muscadine Field Day


October 24, 2025

Fresh, frozen, fermented, or stomped — there are so many ways to enjoy muscadine grapes, one of the sweetest treasures of the Southeast. Personally, I like mine right off the vine, barefoot, after a late afternoon summer shower. They remind ... READ MORE

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Tags: Agriculture, Agritourism, Central District, Ecotourism, Flagler County, Florida Water, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food, Garden, Gardening, Grape, Grapes, Hastings, Muscadine, Muscadine Grapes, Plants, Sustainability, UF/IFAS Extension, Water Conservation, Water Quantity, Youth

Groundbreaking for AI center part of 100th anniversary celebration of UF Gulf Coast Research and Education Center


October 22, 2025

Agriculture isn’t just rows of citrus groves and fields of strawberries – it’s Florida’s second largest economic powerhouse, trailing only tourism. With more than 133,000 jobs riding on its success, farming fuels communities across the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #aiatuf, 100th Anniversary, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Dana Choi, Digital Twin, Diseases, Economy, Environment, Farming, Food, Fruits, Groundbreaking, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, J. Scott Angle, Jack Rechcigl, Jobs, Kevin Wang, Labor, Nathan Boyd, Ornamental Plants, Pests, Plant Breeding, Prec-ag, Precision Spraying
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With startup, researchers plan to help growers feed more people, preserve environment


October 21, 2025

By commercializing their research, two University of Florida scientists are trying to get practical artificial intelligence (AI) tools into the hands of our state’s farmers. The goal is to build their business by increasing farm profitability, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: #aiatuf, Arnold Schumann, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Citrus Research And Education Center, Commercialization, Environment, EZ Ag Innovations, Food, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Inputs, Labor, Nathan Boyd, Pesticides, Prec-ag, Precision Weed-spraying, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Startup, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Water

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