Just as this year’s Class 25 Fellows graduate, the UF/IFAS Extension Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) has more to celebrate as Joy Hazell is named permanent director after spending more than a year as interim. “I’m ... READ MORE
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A new study from the University of Florida paired artificial intelligence and citizen science to measure whether parks in Broward County provide access and the same experiences across communities. Rather than focusing solely on where ... READ MORE
Category: Blog Community, , Conservation, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, , Water, Wildlife
Strawberry growers pour roughly $130 million a year, nationally, into a surprisingly stubborn problem: a part of the plant that sabotages fruit production. These fast-growing offshoots – called “runners” – stretch out from the mother ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
University of Florida researchers are urging South Floridians to help stop the spread of an invasive fish now secretly moving through canals, marshes and wetlands across the region’s most vulnerable environments. Visitors, residents, ... READ MORE
Category: Blog Community, , Conservation, Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. Investigadores de University of Florida instan a los residentes del sur de Florida a colaborar para detener la propagación ... READ MORE
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For professionals navigating today’s complex agricultural and environmental communication landscape, credibility and strategy matter more than ever. An upcoming interactive webinar hosted by the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in ... READ MORE
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Highlights: The University of Florida is No. 6 in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings for agricultural and biological engineering graduate programs. UF students can earn these degrees from the UF/IFAS Department of ... READ MORE
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What: UF/IFAS Extension Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) Class 25 Graduation Banquet Where: Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention, 811 S Main St, Gainesville, Fl When: Saturday, April 18, 5:30 – 9 p.m. Media ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is pleased to announce that its 2026 Flavors of Florida fundraising event raised $13,000 for the UF therapeutic horticulture program . The funding will be used ... READ MORE
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More than 50 million Americans feed birds, putting out an estimated billion pounds of bird food each year, based on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data summarized by bird-feeding researchers. Backyard bird feeding is popular across Florida, ... READ MORE
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