As I was reflecting upon the end of hurricane season, I thought about the many people and facilities UF/IFAS is entrusted with, how they can be unexpectedly in harm’s way, and what it takes to keep this operation moving. Someone ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE
We’ve had a remarkable amount of practice helping people and places in a hurricane’s path, this time in the Big Bend and Live Oak. Jeanna Mastrodicasa again coordinated relief efforts before, during and after Idalia, this time at ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Community Volunteers, Crops, Disaster Preparation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFEIf you come to hear Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young deliver our York lecture next week, you’ll be inspired by someone I consider a visionary, a champion for agricultural science, a trailblazer and an anti-hunger crusader. I also consider her ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, EVENTS, Health & Nutrition, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionMadeline Mellinger had only about a year of experience working with growers in the Everglades Agricultural Area when they asked her to serve as their adviser on pest management. During that year she had established their trust through consistent ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Community Volunteers, Crops, EVENTS, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterBecause of the era and the color of her skin, Pauline Lawrence had to do more than make discoveries to amass a distinguished scientific career. She had to make history. Lawrence arrived in Gainesville in 1969, just 11 years after UF had admitted ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, UF/IFASCongratulations to an Extension legend. As a high school student, John Woeste had no specific aspirations beyond graduation until a 4-H program brought him to the University of Kentucky campus for a week. He was repeatedly told he would be ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Academics, AGRICULTURE, EVENTS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Science is among the greatest of gifts. It’s a gift to those of us privileged to advance it daily, whose job description is to make the world a better place. Your work makes a difference! Some of you do it through discovery, others through ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, Livestock, UF/IFAS
Last year we needed someone fluent in USDA-speak and nimble enough to juggle 26 side conversations simultaneously. Fortunately, we already employed her. Meri Nantz works in Food Science and Human Nutrition as a research administrator ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, Food Safety, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Volunteer/TrainingThis is a historic moment. UF/IFAS is about to help lead a leap forward in farming. Part of how we’ll do it is by building a hub dedicated to revolutionizing agriculture. A Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture will ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFASPeople have an appetite for science that improves their lives no matter what language they speak. In the last two years, Hardee County Extension Director Jonael Bosques, John Diaz and the CAFÉ Latino team have demonstrated that more than ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension