Tag: sweet potato
Potato Bounty In Hastings
April 29, 2019
The UF/IFAS Hastings Agriculture Extension Center (HAEC) kicked off their potato harvest this past Saturday (April 27th) with approximately 70 excited 4-H students and parents at the 4-H Potato Field Harvest Day. Scott Chambers, Hastings Farm ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, AgricultureTags: 4-H, Field Day, Potato, Sweet Potato
TCAA Representatives at the 2018 Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit
October 22, 2018
Disney World of Agriculture What was it like to attend the 2018 PMA Fresh Summit? It was like the Disney World of Agriculture! Held at the Orlando Convention Center, the banner, displays, flashy lights and free taste bites were simply overwhelming. ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, EventsTags: Datil Pepper, Florida, Marketing, Produce, Sweet Potato
Time to Prep for Spring Vegetable Gardening!
February 5, 2018
Did you know that you can grow vegetables year round in Florida? The trick is knowing that summer really isn’t a good time for most veggies. A few, like sweet potatoes and okra, do well in the summer heat, but spring and fall are our most ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Brassicas, Cauliflower, Fall, Gardening, Greens, Kale, Microgreens, Mustard, Okra, Overseeded, Peppers, Season, Sweet Potato, Tomatoes, Veggie Gardening, Winter
Leftover Sweet Potatoes? Make Biscuits!
October 19, 2017
Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Can you believe it is already time to start preparing for the holiday season!? With the holidays also comes tons of left overs. You try to send plates of food home with your houseguests, but always ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & LifeTags: Biscuits, Christmas, Fall, Holidays, Leftovers, Recipes, Sweet Potato, Thanksgiving
Lafayette 4-H Club-October Meeting
October 19, 2017
Lafayette 4-H Club members decorated pumpkins and learned about sweet potatoes at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Chris Vann(4-H/Ag Agent) gave a presentation on the history of the sweet potato and also how to grow and cook ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, CurriculumTags: 4-H, 4-h Club, Fall, Florida 4-H, Jack-O-Lantern, Pumpkin Facts, Pumpkins, Sweet Potato, Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potato Harvest at Hilltop Landings Community Garden
October 10, 2017
Sweet Potato Harvest at Hilltop Landings Community Garden After 5 months in the ground, the sweet potatoes at Hilltop Landings Community Garden were finally big enough and ready to harvest. This past week the UF/IFAS Extension Pasco County ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Community Garden, Cooking, Demonstration, Family Nutrition Program, Harvest, Hilltop Landings, Recipe, Sweet Potato
Q: Are the words sweet potato and yams interchangeable?
July 15, 2017
A: This is the season when this question gets asked most often. I took the following information from Texas A&M Extension. Hopefully, this will answer your question. “Several decades ago when orange flesh sweet potatoes were introduced ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesTags: Ipomoea Batatas, Sweet Potato, Yam
Q: I have been reading about the benefits of eating sweet potatoes and I think I would like to grow it here. What do you recommend?
July 15, 2017
A: The sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, originated in tropical America and ranked second only to the Irish potato as an important vegetable until World War II. The sweet potato is a good source of sugars, carbohydrates, calcium, iron, and other ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesTags: Ipomoea Batatas, Sweet Potato
UF study helps save revenue, farms from wireworms
May 9, 2017
LIVE OAK, Fla. --- Scientists with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are helping state growers save money by managing wireworms in their sweet potato farms. Wireworms became a problem in Florida after ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Extension, News, Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center, Sweet Potato, Wireworm