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

Jamie Ellis, director of UF/IFAS honey bee lab, wins national Excellence in Extension award

by Samantha Murray
October 12, 2020

Recognizing visionary leadership and diversity in educational programming, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Cooperative Extension, and the Association of Public and Land-grant ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Honey Bee Research And Extension Lab, Jamie Ellis, News, Nick Place, Nifa

UF/IFAS celebrates animal agriculture at 39th Sunbelt Ag Expo

by Samantha Murray
October 11, 2016

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty will be sharing their expertise on the theme of Florida’s animal agriculture at the 39th annual Sunbelt Ag Expo — the largest agricultural expo in the southeast. About ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Food Safety, Horticulture, Livestock, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Featured Hot Topic, Nick Place, Sunbelt Ag Expo

UF/IFAS, Bok Tower Gardens program continues to grow

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 10, 2015

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: Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Nick Place, University Of Florida

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

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 21, 2015

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: 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
January 6, 2015

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: Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Nick Place, University Of Florida

UF/IFAS to conduct national search for next research dean

by Lourdes Mederos
March 21, 2014

Note: This story updated 4/17/14 with names of three additional search committee members. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will conduct a national search to find its next research ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Jack Payne, Nick Place, Research Dean

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