ABOUT AUTHOR
Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
Kirsten is a public relations specialist at UF/IFAS Communications and a Louisiana native, so she's right at home in swampy Gainesville. You can contact her at kromaguera@ufl.edu.
Posts by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin:
- Wildfires increasing across eastern U.S., new study reveals
- Study identifies Florida’s potential invasive species threats
- UF researcher investigating ‘plant diamond’ as a carbon removal powerhouse
- A 2023 hurricane season success story: Cedar Key’s living shorelines bolster resilient community
- Peanut Butter Challenge tops last year’s collection
- Simulated risk, real crops: UF/IFAS Extension educates growers through competition
- Food safety expert gives the scoop on holiday leftovers
- UF part of multi-institutional, $22M cereal crops project funded by USAID
- Does Florida have a mushroom season? And other fungi facts from a UF expert
- Spread the word: Peanut Butter Challenge kicks off Oct. 1
- Hurricane Idalia: Florida agricultural production losses top $78M, UF economists estimate
- Survey now open: Florida agricultural producers encouraged to share Hurricane Idalia impacts
- New chair: Renee Goodrich to lead UF food science and human nutrition department
- USAID with Feed the Future funding awards $4M to UF/IFAS to improve Haitian livestock production and research capacity
- Dillard named interim UF/IFAS Northwest Extension district director
- Five ways to help honey bees
- Bees survive, ticks don’t: Pros of prescribed fire
- Forest Landowner Academy: Enroll at any time
- Study: Sea level rise shifts habitat for endangered Keys species
- New research looks to pollen for plant heat stress resilience
- Study: Where bison roam could spread microbes
- Now brewing: Coffee research in Florida
- Pumpout Nav mobile app for boaters expands to Florida
- Study: Wildfire spread risk increases where trees, shrubs replace grasses
- Cattle, meet land: New service connects Southeast farmers, ranchers in ‘win-win’ for sustainability, profitability
- Diversifying crop fields reduces pest abundance, study finds
- New app is quick reference for perishable transport pros
- What homeowners should know about pesticide safety
- Laziness encouraged: No Mow March promotes pollinators in the Panhandle
- Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources opens nominations for Class XII
- New user-friendly soil test kit to improve Florida landscapes
- 2023 Spring Festival of Flowers
- Flavors of Florida returns with inspired chef creations using fresh-picked, local ingredients
- Celebrate plastic-free: Expert shares tips to minimize holiday waste
- Cold weather expected: Should I cover my plants?
- UF turf scientist’s environmental stewardship recognized with national award
- Statewide Peanut Butter Challenge sends nearly 20K jars to community food programs
- UF economist: Ian/Nicole overlap complicates loss and damage assessments, reinforces need for post-storm reports
- Could your body be storing the key to saving seagrass?
- Economists estimate up to $1.56 billion hit to Florida agriculture due to Hurricane Ian
- FAQs: Hurricane Ian impacts to beekeeping
- Spotting scams after the storm
- 375,000 acres of citrus in Ian’s path
- UF alum Dean Pringle to lead North Florida Research and Education Center
- Find Your Frugal: How adopting Florida-Friendly Landscaping practices saves money
- Find Your Frugal: Save on school lunches
- Hurricane Hero: Scott Jackson
- Florida statute codifies golf course management practices backed by UF/IFAS turfgrass science
- A butterfly expert on the monarch’s plight
- UF/IFAS conducts $278M in annual research, surpassing previous spending
- Agricultural ‘quarantine’ explained, with two Florida counties under such orders
- July 4th feature: UF researcher is a new U.S. citizen; learn about his work in sustainability
- Find Your Frugal: Five money-saving tips for grocery shoppers
- Florida’s next commodity: Tea?
- New funds enhance UF/IFAS work in nutrient application rate research, AI, more
- University of Florida Bee College returns to Panhandle
- Study looks to oxygen as solution for flooded fields
- New chair: Vijaya Gopal Kakani to lead UF agronomy
- Hops, pink blueberries and more Florida-produced foods and beverages highlight 2022 Flavors of Florida event
- Inside the mind of a spider
- Protect your fresh water: A Q&A with a water quality expert
- Thanking the volunteers of UF/IFAS Extension
- Global team of scientists determine ‘fingerprint’ for how much heat, drought is too much for forests
- Spring Festival of Flowers brings free family fun
- Flavors of Florida returns to UF campus; proceeds to benefit student internships
- Following the Panhandle fires? UF expert explains wildfire terms
- UF Turfgrass Science Program kicks off 100th year with a new look
- Florida-Friendly Landscaping Awards recognize environmental stewards
- ‘Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE!’ kicks off with tomato growing tips
- Escambia Master Gardeners reach endowment fund goal
- Cautiously optimistic: Study looks for riskiest tree disease spreaders, finds none
- Study: White clay spray mix repels major crop pest
- Peanut Butter Challenge collects over 22 tons statewide
- Ask the experts about selecting and maintaining trees
- Herbs and spices explained: ‘Use-by’ dates, how to extend shelf life, and more to boost your holiday feast
- Veterans find community in gardening group
- UF, UGA team up for turf success
- Florida Master Naturalist Program marks 20 years in weeklong celebration
- Learn about invasive species in free virtual workshop
- North Florida Research and Education Center celebrates 100th anniversary
- Spread the word: Peanut Butter Challenge kicks off Oct. 1
- A Healthy Table virtual workshop returns with holiday meal prep
- Get your gardening questions answered live by UF/IFAS Extension experts
- Free family event: Family Fishing Days return Aug. 21
- UF/IFAS research receives $155.6 M in latest fiscal year
- Brush up on financial literacy with free virtual series
- UF economic report details select marine industry and tourism impacts from 2018 red tide event
- Let bugs be your gardening assistants: Next ‘Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE!’
- Helping smaller farms make more profitable hiring decisions
- New kids’ books from UF entomologist encourage budding bug enthusiasts
- Get answers to your landscape disease questions in next ‘Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE!’
- Free virtual series to share home maintenance tips
- ‘Walk through history’: New garden highlights North Florida’s horticultural heritage
- Learn how to start, maintain a fresh herb garden from UF/IFAS experts
- Mother’s Day feature: Farming, and UF/IFAS, runs in the family
- Ask IFAS: Information repository relaunches with new answer-focused look
- Them’s fighting birds: Study identifies other species’ influence on territorial aggression
- UF researchers surprised to find microplastics in Florida Keys lagoons
- New chair: Christopher Gunter to lead UF horticulture programs
- Service uninterrupted as UF/IFAS Extension pivots in 2020
- Up your lawn game with tips from UF/IFAS experts
- Experts Available: Piney Point Reservoir
- No shutdowns here: UF/IFAS sets research publication records in 2020
- Harvest some spring vegetable gardening tips from UF/IFAS experts
- Florida’s food supply chain industries asked to share how they fared in 2020
- Virtual series to educate on septic, well water systems
- Cattle rancher educational program returns virtually for 2021
- Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE! returns; New topics, same virtual format
- Upcoming event: Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference 2021
- Insect dormancy discovery offers clues to flipping the hibernation switch
- Peanut Butter Challenge collects over 13 tons statewide
- Pandemic fuels some of 2020's most popular UF/IFAS Extension searches
- Most Americans’ CARES Act stimulus checks went to basic needs, UF economists find
- Upcoming Virtual Q&A on Florida’s Food System and COVID-19 | Initial Impressions
- New firefly species named after esteemed UF entomologist Jim Lloyd
- Newly banned beach weed threatens sea turtle nesting sites
- Peanut Butter Challenge spreads statewide
- Economists estimate $55-100M hit to Florida agriculture due to Hurricane Sally
- At stake in Sally’s wake: $400 million in Florida Panhandle agricultural products
- Two UF/IFAS professors named 2020-21 Fulbright Scholars
- New NIFA-funded research to examine cover crops in organic vegetable production systems
- UF/IFAS Spotlights: Nayda Torres created a family in FYCS
- UF/IFAS to provide educational support for timber producers recovering from Hurricane Michael
- Response requested from ag and marine industry professionals for new round of surveys on pandemic effects
- Survey: Florida’s Extension professionals feel prepared to serve as ‘information first responders’ during COVID-19
- UF/IFAS Extension to assist in FDACS project connecting food-insecure families with Florida-grown produce
- Genetic study of Arabian horses challenges some common beliefs about the ancient breed
- In COVID-19 era, UF/IFAS research adapts
- Florida’s agriculture, marine industries report effects of COVID-19 restrictions
- UF/IFAS Extension Greenhouse Training Online adds bilingual video content
- UF researchers to investigate socioeconomic impacts of algal blooms
- Survey: Agriculture, natural resources leaders’ concerns about COVID-19 lie in elements outside their control
- Preliminary reports in COVID-19 impact survey show effects vary by industry
- UF weather alert website for farms now mobile-friendly, among other updates
- UF surveys to identify impact of pandemic on Florida’s agriculture and marine industries
- Hurricane Michael debris still litters Florida shorelines; $3 million will go toward clearing it
- Survey: Eighty percent of Americans would get COVID-19 vaccine if available
- UF among coalition of researchers tackling sustainable agriculture
- UF/IFAS Spotlights: Lassie Goodbread-Black, UF's first full-time female student
- Seeking a New Pest Solution, UF Scientists Study Fruit Fly’s Gut Bacteria
- New Website is All About Harmful Algal Blooms
- Peanut Butter Challenge Back on Track After Hurricane Michael Recovery
- New ‘Identification of Weeds in Florida Citrus’ Guide Available Now
- Home Gardeners Continue to Seek Advice on EDIS
- Homeowners and Educators Honored at First Florida-Friendly Landscaping Awards
- Breaking Down Biodegradable: UF Scientist Creates Guide to Bioplastics
- Make Your Holidays ‘Green’
- UF Agronomy Chair Earns Crop Science Society of America’s Top Honor
- Blame Your Parents for What Satisfies Your Sweet Tooth
- ‘Lost in the Weeds?’ Guide Sifts Through the Differences Among Non-Native Plant Lists
- UF Term Professorships Awarded to 38 from UF/IFAS
- UF to Host Leader in Organic Farming
- Feed the Hungry and Meet a Challenge; Donate Peanut Butter to UF/IFAS Extension
- Updated Perishable Food Transportation Guidelines Now Available
- Two UF/IFAS Leaders Selected for 2019 Florida 500 List
- Conserving Water by Using Another Source: Reclaimed Wastewater
- New Chair: UF Agronomy ‘At the Cutting Edge of Feeding the World’
- Agricultural Producers Urged to Learn About Irrigating Wisely at Free UF Event
- So-Called ‘Longevity Vitamin’ Might Hold More Importance than Scientists Thought
- Horse Care Questions Answered at the Florida Equine Institute
- When Hurricanes Approach, UF Gets to Work
- UF Experts Lead the Charge with Microplastic Awareness Month
- How to Start this School Year on the Greenest Foot
- UF’s Expert in Taste Perception Honored for Distinguished Scientific Contributions
- New Website Simplifies Connection to UF Experts in Plant Health
- Northeast Florida Farms Test ‘Eyes in the Ground’ Through UF Program
- UF Scientist: Florida Crop Surveillance Network Offers State-Level Example of Proposed Global System
- UF/IFAS Extension Nature Coast Master Gardeners Project Receives International Recognition
- Eight Months Later, Reflecting on Hurricane Michael and UF/IFAS Extension's Role in Recovery
- Food Safety a ‘Major Public Health Issue,’ Says UF/IFAS Professor Ahead of First-Ever World Food Safety Day
- Lisa House, UF/IFAS Alumna, Named Chair of Food and Resource Economics Department
- June 1 is World Reef Awareness Day, Citizen Scientists See the Habitats' Importance First-Hand
- Stormwater Ponds May Harbor Invasive Plants, UF/IFAS Research Finds
- May is American Wetlands Month
- UF/IFAS-developed Ryegrass Donated to Panhandle Ranchers After Hurricane Michael
- UF/IFAS Scientists to Promote Importance of Agricultural Research to Congress
- UF/IFAS Professor Selected as Fulbright Scholar
- UF/IFAS scientists honored as UF Research Foundation professors