Tag: Nick Place

How it Happened: Land Grant Leadership Legacies

by IFAS Advancement
March 27, 2025

Larry and Debbie Swindle are prominent community leaders in the greater Tampa area, generously investing in youth, students and programs shaping Florida’s future. They passionately support future agribusiness leaders. Recognizing the ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: CALS Ambassadors, Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Endowments, Florida 4-H, How It Happened, Jimmy Cheek, Joe Joyce, Larry Arrington, Legacy Gifts, Nick Place, UF/IFAS Extension

History marker honors UF/IFAS Extension’s role in helping Florida’s farmers, ranchers, families

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 2, 2022

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In the early 1900s, every farmer and rancher in Florida knew their county Extension agent by name: It was the person from the University of Florida who taught them the best and latest techniques, and homemakers how to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Livestock, UF/IFAS
Tags: Archive, Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jack Payne, Nick Place, University Of Florida

UF/IFAS Extension and Bok Tower Gardens are partnering to teach a new generation about plants, gardening and the environment

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 2, 2022

LAKE WALES, Fla. --- Among the music of carillon bells, beneath a lush oak canopy, a new partnership is emerging between the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension and historic Bok Tower Gardens in Lake ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Nick Place, University Of Florida

UF/IFAS, Bok Tower Gardens program continues to grow

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 2, 2022

LAKE WALES, Fla. --- At Roosevelt Academy, horticulture teacher Ray Cruze’s class is growing enough vegetables to sell to local restaurants and at a local market, in part thanks to a partnership between Bok Tower Gardens and the University ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Archive, Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Nick Place, University Of Florida

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