Tag: Social Media

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Learning about Youth Online Peer Support


May 15, 2026

For better or for worse, the Internet has had profound effects on the ways that people connect. When I was younger, face-to-face interactions and phone calls with peers I saw at school or extracurricular activities largely shaped the landscape ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, Mental Health, Parents, Peer Support, Social Media, Youth

Many ways to connect with UF/IFAS through social media


May 15, 2026

Click here to view image. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With a statewide mission to ensure healthy food, families and natural resources across Florida, a great way to keep up with the vast resources of the University of Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, Cathy Carr, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Entomology, Facebook, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Nematology, Ruth Hohl Borger, Social Media, Twitter, University Of Florida, YouTube

Summit to help ag businesses learn to market themselves through new media


May 15, 2026

Want to know more about how to promote your agriculture-based business? You might reach more customers with a more effective presence on social media, among other tactics. To learn more about how to use non-traditional media to promote your ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness
Tags: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education And Communication, Center For Rural Enterprise Engagement, Consumers, Lauri Baker, Marketing, New Media, Rural Businesses, Social Media, Webinars
A bustling outdoor market with oranges and vegetables displayed, people engaging in the background. Español. Un mercado al aire libre concurrido con naranjas y verduras en exhibición, y personas interactuando al fondo. Español. Un mercado al aire libre concurrido con naranjas y verduras en exhibición, y personas interactuando al fondo.

When pricing produce to sell directly to consumers, farmers urged to know their costs


May 15, 2026

Instead of taking what the broker or retailer feels like paying, small- and medium-sized farmers who sell directly to consumers should track costs, determine what they want to earn and set their own produce prices, University of Florida experts ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFAS
Tags: Consumers, Costs, Customers, Farmers, Farmers Markets, Jessica Ryals, Kim Morgan, Marketing, Mid-sized Farmers, Niche Market, Price, Retail, Small Farmers, Social Media, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Extension Collier County
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Balance your news consumption diet with help from UF/IFAS


May 15, 2026

While there’s an information outlet to satisfy almost any interest, the volume of available content can prove overwhelming. A newly published Ask IFAS document helps news consumers sort through the noise to identify credible sources and achieve ... READ MORE

Category: Work & Life
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Ask IFAS, Bias, Disinformation, Fake News, IFAS, Information, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Journalism, Journalist, Kathryn Stofer, Katie Stofer, Media, Megan Winslow, Misinformation, News, News Consumption, Newspapers, Podcasts, Social Media, Television, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida
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From fields to social media feeds: Virtual conference helps rural ag producers harness digital marketing tools


May 15, 2026

Across industries, business success increasingly relies on savvy digital marketing. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Horticulture, Professional Development
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Agriculture, Business, Center For Rural Enterprise Engagement, Cheryl Boyer, Conference, CREE, Customer, Cybersecurity, E-commerce, E-newsletters, Education, Farmer, Hikaru Peterson, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lauri Baker, Learning, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Online, Online Marketing, Small Business, Social Media, Summit, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Virtual, Web Analytics
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A Prevention Scientist’s Journey to Address Teens’ Mental Health Online


March 20, 2026

Josie Bryan is a Doctoral Candidate in Youth Development and Family Sciences (YDFS) in the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences (FYCS). She conducts prevention science research that tries to understand teens' mental health ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Archive, Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, Digital Media, Mental Health, Prevention Science, Social Media, Youth Development, Youth Development And Family Sciences

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