By Meredith Bauer-Mitchell and Eva Sailly In a milestone for Florida agriculture, researchers have grown and harvested wine grapes that are resistant to the main bacterial disease that has long prevented the state from establishing a large-scale ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
In a milestone for Florida agriculture, researchers in the University of Florida’s UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences have successfully grown and harvested Pierce Disease–resistant winegrape varieties. The effort, led ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
UF/IFAS researchers are tackling a critical challenge: protecting California’s $73 billion wine and wine grape industry. Grapevine red blotch disease (GRBD) and grapevine leafroll disease (GLD), caused by complex insect vector-borne viruses, ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Two University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have been appointed to a prestigious National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee to provide guidance on a serious disease plaguing California’s ... READ MORE
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Today, we welcome Dr. Katherine Thompson-Witrick to the Discover FSHN Series! Dr. Thompson-Witrick is an assistant professor of food science in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida who researches how ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Grape stomping, seed-spittin’, U-pickin’ farm day for the agriculture and tourism students from the Junior and Senior High Schools across Putnam County. Ever After Farms, located at 372 Sisco Road in Pomona Park, graciously hosted over ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, CropsFlorida farmers and other businesspeople are bubbling with enthusiasm to make wine. There are about 40 wineries around Florida. Further, as of 2017 (the most recent year for which there’s data), growers in the Sunshine State were producing ... READ MORE
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Welcome back to FSHN Research Journeys, which follows the research of graduate students in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at The University of Florida. Today's guest poster is Nick Wendrick, a first-year student working toward ... READ MORE
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Oenophiles rejoice! University of Florida researchers are helping wineries make their product bubbly to meet taste trends and expand their business. Andrew MacIntosh, a UF/IFAS assistant professor of food science and human nutrition, ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchAs the Baby Boomer generation ages, they are drinking less wine due to health reasons. So too, with the Millennial's. Their generation has continued a trend that is focused on healthy food and less alcohol. Cider, Sangria & Wine Cocktails ... READ MORE
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