Tag: policy

UF/IFAS conference to address critical agribusiness policy issues

by Megan Winslow
March 31, 2025

The 10th annual Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference will address the issues, research and policies shaping the state’s agriculture industry. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Agriculture Industry, Alena Poulin, Alex Kelly, American Farm Bureau Federation, Artificial Intelligence, Brittany Lee, Citra, Conference, Damian Adams, Derek Farnsworth, Farm Bill, Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference, Florida Department Of Commerce, Food And Resource Economics Department, Foundation For Food And Agricultural Research, Fre, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, J.J. Grow, Jim Boyer, John Newton, John Walt Boatright, LaKisha Odom, Lisa House, Martha Montoya, Megan Winslow, Nathan Boyd, Paul Hindsley, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Policy, Psreu, Scott Angle, Suzanne Thornsbury, Tour, Tripp Hunter, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Weizhe Weng

Cultivating Future Policy Makers on Capitol Hill

by Jessica Czipulis
December 6, 2024

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) students pursue a variety of careers after graduation. Some students become geneticists and nutritionists while some work in conservation and policy. Last summer, CALS students Esther Fulford ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Agricultural Operations Management, Legislative Internship, Policy, VP Promise

Student Advocates with International Fresh Produce Association

by Jessica Czipulis
August 26, 2024

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) student Jonathan Stephens attended the International Fresh Produce Association’s (IFPA) Washington Conference earlier this summer. IFPA is a trade association that supports the world’s fresh ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Conference, Food Science, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Policy, VP Promise

Research by FRE associate professor Di Fang cited in White House Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

by Alena Poulin
December 15, 2022

The Biden Administration released the White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September 2022, citing research by FRE associate professor Di Fang. Fang’s research, conducted while at the University of Arkansas ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Covid-19, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Research, Food Insecurity, Food Is Our Middle Name, Mental Health, Policy

Policy is a missing key to environmental sustainability

by Mike Loizzo
June 3, 2022

UF/IFAS researchers, with colleagues in the U.S. government and another land grant university, are proposing a new way to approach environmental sustainability. The team’s proposal comes from synthesizing 21 research articles that comprise ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Policy, Sam Smidt, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainability

“To Meat or Not to Meat” from The Chicago Council

by Livestock Lab
February 20, 2020

The blog post Field Notes - To Meat or Not to Meat: Balancing Global Viewpoints in Battles over Food was published on February 18, 2020 by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Read the original story at https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/blog/global-food-thought. Excerpt ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: Children, Human Health, Malnutrition, Nutrition, Policy, Stunting

First multi-stakeholder Swine Day in Cambodia educates about disease, opportunity

by Livestock Lab
February 11, 2020

In April 2019, the Cambodian government confirmed the presence of African Swine Fever, which is extremely fatal to pigs and has spread into nine east Asian countries since 2018. The disease can devastate the holdings of pig farmers, but ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Professional Development
Tags: Cambodia, Disease, Food Safety, Innovation, International Development, Livestock, Policy, Pork

Peering into the Future of Livestock Systems

by Livestock Lab
October 8, 2018

Although the future by definition remains unknown, new research techniques are helpful for predicting and understanding potential trends in livestock systems. To this end, a series of workshops are being planned for several countries, following ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Future, International, Livestock, Market, Modeling, Policy, Trade

Hurricane Insurance Considerations

by Carol Roberts
September 11, 2018

Living in Florida has benefits and drawbacks just as anywhere but here we have the additional stress of watching the tropics for developing storms from June 1 to November 30. Our local emergency management officials work hard to inform Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Work & Life
Tags: Agent, Claim, Coverage, Deductible, Insurance, Insurer, Named Storm, Policy, Property

Policy for Water Quality Protection

by Yilin
October 10, 2017

The Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program is among the major programs implemented by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to address water quality issues in the state. The establishment of the TMDL program is grounded ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Water
Tags: BMP, Clean Water Act, Discharge, Policy, Pollution, Quality, Standards, Wastewater, Water

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