Category: Events

UF Student Helps Design Corn Maze at Local Farm

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 17, 2018

By Kim Scotto PLANT CITY, Fla. – Farmers and ranchers across Florida are fighting lack of consumer education on food systems by opening their properties to the public in a practice called agritourism. Agritourism allows non-farming folks ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Archive, Corn Maze, Geomatics, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, News, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, UF/IFAS

Alachua County Team Wins 3rd in National 4-H Forestry Invitational

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 24, 2018

By Kim Scotto   GAINESVILLE, Fla. – What is the principal softwood used for lumber in Massachusetts? On what continent are maples most abundant? What is a liquid product of wood that is used in mixing paints?* At the 39th National ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Clubs & Volunteers, Events, Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: 4-H, Archive, Forest, News, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, UF/IFAS

UF Names Evans New Director of Tropical Research and Education Center

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 15, 2018

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Edward “Gilly” Evans, a longtime agricultural economist at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, has been named director of the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Archive, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, News, Tropical Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS

UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory Director Inducted into Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association Hall of Fame

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 10, 2018

By Kim Scotto   GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When Craig Watson, Director of the University of Florida IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, got his first aquarium at age 7, he couldn’t have predicted the important role that fishing and aquaculture ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Archive, Hall Of Fame, News, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, UF/IFAS, Watson

UF/IFAS Partners with USDA Forest Service to Get Kids In The Woods

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 3, 2018

By Kim Scotto   GAINESVILLE, Fla. –Is your child getting more ‘screen time’ than ‘green time’ this summer? Camp Kids in the Woods, a joint initiative between the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation and the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Camp, Events, Forests, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Archive, Camp, News, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, UF/IFAS

UF/IFAS Experts: Skip the Roses and Go Straight for the Orchids on Mother’s Day

by Brad Buck
May 7, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- What’s better than roses on Mother’s day? Orchids, which are easier to take care of and can last for years, according to University of Florida experts. Wagner Vendrame, a professor of environmental horticulture at ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Events, Horticulture, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, IFAS, Mother's Day, News, Orchids

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