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‘Lanky Lassie’ shortbread plus UF/IFAS Extension incubator equals success for Marine Corps veteran


November 7, 2024

Combat-injured Marine Corps veteran Mary Katherine Mason-Alston makes shortbread with a family recipe that goes back to her great-grandmother. To sell to people far and wide from her Dade City store, she needed a food permit, which she ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: "Lanky Lassie Shortbread", Dade City, Entrepreneur, Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services, Food Permit, Incubator, Marine Corps, Mary Katherine Mason-Alston, Military, Retail, Shortbread, SMARTstart, UF/IFAS Extension Pasco County, Veterans Day, Whitney Elmore, Wholesale

Agricultural ‘quarantine’ explained, with two Florida counties under such orders


July 11, 2022

Two Florida counties were put under quarantine in recent weeks, but this has nothing to do with COVID-19. An agricultural quarantine is intended to prevent the spread of invasive species, but the protocols are unrelated to restrictions put ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Agricultural Quarantine, Giant African Land Snail, Invasive Species, Oriental Fruit Fly, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Quarantine, Whitney Elmore
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Cottage industry expo for local food entrepreneurs


July 5, 2016

Have you ever dreamed of selling your own cheese or marketing your grandmother’s jam recipe? Budding entrepreneurs are invited to the first annual Tampa Bay Cottage Industry Expo to hear experts from the University of Florida Institute of ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Food Safety, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Featured Hot Topic, Hillsborough County, Mary Campbell, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Stephen Gran, Tampa Bay Cottage Industry Expo, Whitney Elmore

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