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 to… Read More
Who: UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station What: During this year’s Cedar Key Seafood Festival, festival-goers are invited to the Seahorse Key Marine Lab open house for the unveiling of the complete interior restoration of the historic Seahorse Key… Read More
After Hurricane Michael left the panhandle Wednesday, University of Florida student Ryan Krammes began reaching out to friends to see how he could help their families in the aftermath. Krammes learned his roommate’s family in Tallahassee and another… Read More
By Kim Scotto GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences doctoral student, who is passionate about solving problems in forest health on a global scale, will spend three months as an… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – While attending the University of Florida, J.J. Grow admired his teachers in the UF/IFAS food and resource economics department. Three professors in particular – Gary Fairchild, Burl Long and Gene Trotter – made a lasting… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Bernie LeFils and Avery Sams met in high school at the Florida FFA Leadership Training Center, and became engaged during their time at the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). Bernie majored in… Read More
By Robin Koestoyo GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Foresight is a gift leaders use to advance organizational missions. Anita Neal has for more than two decades led the development of new programs that save money for homeowners and nursery… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stroll the nutritional supplement aisle at your local drug store, and you might notice that some products are now featuring an ingredient you might expect to see growing on a tree or fallen log. Known… Read More
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, Florida. Evans, who… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For first-generation college student Sheldon Lawrence, earning a Ph.D. in plant molecular and cellular biology from the University of Florida means opportunity. Lawrence will join nearly 350 students graduating with their undergraduate and graduate degrees… Read More
