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Pamela Aracena Santos smiles while taking soil samples within a research plot in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA).

Miami native returns home to focus on youth, community, climate as UF/IFAS Extension director

by Lourdes Mederos
September 29, 2025

In the first 30 days as director of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension Miami-Dade County, Pamela Aracena Santos has begun shaping programs to better reflect the voices and needs of the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Amelia Earhart Park, Everglades Agricultural Area, Everglades Research And Education Center, Homestead, Marine Ecosystems, Miami, Miami-Dade’s Parks, News, Nutrition Education, Pamela Aracena Santos, Phosphorus, Plant Nutrition, Recreation And Open Spaces, Selcuk University, Soil Science, Tropical Research And Education Center, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County, University Of Florida, Urban Agriculture
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Welcome Lynsey Occenac – New 4-H Education Training Specialist

by Kenan Bridges
August 20, 2025

We’re excited to introduce Lynsey Occenac, our new 4-H Education Training Specialist/Program Assistant! She comes to Broward County 4-H with a wealth of knowledge and experience as a Nutrition Educator with the UF/IFAS Family Nutrition Program—our ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, UF/IFAS,
Tags: Broward County, Education Training Specialist, Florida 4-H Broward County, Healthy Living, Lynsey Occenac, Nutrition Education, STEM, UF/IFAS Family Nutrition Program
Logan and Dr. Karla Shelnutt at SNEB 2022 in Atlanta, standing with the presentation poster between them, Homestyle-2 program | Food Science and Human Nutrition UF/IFAS

Research Journeys Update: Logan Brunson, Homestyles-2 Nutrition Education Program

by Jessie Erwin
June 6, 2023

We are excited to welcome back Logan Brunson to our FSHN Research Journeys series, which follows the research of graduate students in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at The University of Florida! During the first year of his ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Childhood Obesity, Dr. Karla Shelnutt, Family Nutrition Program, FNCE, FNP, FSHN Research Journeys, Graduate Research, Graduate Student Research, Homestyles-2, Logan Brunson, Nutrition Education, Nutritional Sciences, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Degree, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Student, Nutritional Sciences Program, Nutritional-sciences-research, Research Journeys, Research-journeys-nutritional-sciences-ms, UF Graduate Student, What Is Nutritional Sciences Like
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Faculty Profile: Dr. Jeanette Andrade, Dietetics

by Jessie Erwin
February 17, 2020

Please join me in saying hello to Dr. Jeanette Andrade, assistant professor and Program Director of FSHN's Master of Science/Dietetic Internship (MS/DI) Program! Dr. Andrade is in her second year at the University of Florida, and she is a registered ... READ MORE

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Tags: Dietetics, Dietetics-faculty-feature, Dietetics-research, Dietitian, Dr. Jeanette Andrade, Faculty Profile, Faculty-research, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Masters-research, Nutrition, Nutrition Education, Registered Dietitian, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, UF Creative Arts Catalyst Award, UF Field And Fork Food Pantry, What Does A Dietitian Do, What Does A Registered Dietitian Do, What Does A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Do

Middle Schoolers Learning Nutrition Education

by Lori Wiggins
January 24, 2018

Middle School students are often in control of what they put in their mouths, but many times they do not make or do not know how to make healthy choices. It is crucial to instill nutritional concepts in middle school children, because the way ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Education, Growing, Health, Healthy Choices, Heatlhy Eating, Middle School, Nutrition, Nutrition Education, Students

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