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
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Dr. Lijun “Angelia” Chen, assistant professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department, was recognized this spring with the Southern Agricultural Economics Association’s Emerging Scholar Award in recognition of her exceptional teaching ... READ MORE
Category: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
At this year’s Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meeting, undergraduate students from across the country gathered to compete in a Spreadsheet Competition. This event was designed to simulate real-world data analysis ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
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
Category:The Agricultural Economics (Ag Econ) Club proudly took home first place in the Creative Club Competition at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, a recognition of their innovative efforts to foster student ... READ MORE
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From participating in her local high school’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) to receiving recognition by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) as a distinguished food and resource economics undergraduate teacher, Misti ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS TeachingThis summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern with Farm Credit of Florida as a Credit Intern in the Alachua office. I chose Farm Credit because it combined two of my passions: my love for numbers and my deep roots in agriculture. In ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development
With the wide variety of career paths available to our students after graduation, the Food and Resource Economics undergraduate advisor fulfills a crucial role in ensuring student success and personalizing the academic journey. That’s why ... READ MORE
Category:This April, a passionate group of University of Florida Food and Resource Economics (FRE) undergraduate students packed their best ideas and business attire and headed to Kansas City, Missouri. They were headed to compete in a international ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching