Disaster in the Gulf On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform killed 11 workers and exposed a deep-sea wellhead that began gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Until the spill was capped 87 days later, more ... READ MORE
Category: Smith-Lever, UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension
Join us on April 17 as we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Florida Extension! The Cooperative Extension System was established by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, and allows us all to benefit from the research and education of each state’s ... READ MORE
Category: EVENTS, Smith-Lever, UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension
Sometimes simply asking for help can change everything. Say you’ve started a garden and it’s not thriving. You’ve checked out all the books from the library, logged hours on the internet, watched the gardening programs on TV, but nothing ... READ MORE
Category: Smith-Lever, UF/IFAS Extension
Marineland will be buzzing with college students this weekend, but not the kind that are partying on the beach over Spring Break: March 7-8 marks the 7th Annual UF Bee College at the Whitney Marine Laboratory in St. Augustine. Bee College is ... READ MORE
Category: Smith-Lever, UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension
February 24 through March 1 is Florida Saves Week. A partnership between UF/IFAS Extension and the Florida Department of Financial Services, and with partial funding from Bank of America, Florida Saves is part of a nationwide education program ... READ MORE
Category: Smith-Lever, UF/IFAS Communications
For its first fifty years, there were two extension services in Florida—one for whites and one for African-Americans. The South had been racially segregated since the 1870s, the end of the reconstruction period following the Civil War. ... READ MORE
Category: Smith-Lever, UF/IFAS Extension
A set of 8 UF/IFAS Extension table top displays have been developed and are first being featured at the Florida State Fair starting February 6th. An Extension fact sheet was designed to be placed in the brochure holder mounted on each of the ... READ MORE
Category: EVENTS, Smith-Lever, UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Graphics
Extension touches so many aspects of our lives today because it was born in an era of great uncertainty, not only about food and agriculture, but about the quality of life for millions of rural families. In the decades following the Civil ... READ MORE
Category: Smith-Lever, UF/IFAS Extension