Category: UF/IFAS

Emprendimientos de alimentos desde casa, segunda parte: Entendiendo sus riesgos y responsabilidades con pasos inteligentes para el éxito empresarial

by Luz Bahder
October 29, 2026

Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. Acerca de esta serie: Desde galletas y pasteles hasta mermeladas y confituras, la Ley de Alimentos Caseros de Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Food Safety, Money Matters, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Emprendimientos De Alimentos Desde Casa, Espanol, Jenn Hagen, Ley De Alimentos Caseros De Florida, Spanish

Cottage Foodie Connections, Part 2: Understanding your risks, liabilities with these smart steps for business success

by Lourdes Mederos
October 29, 2026

About this series: From cookies and cakes to jellies and jams, Florida's Cottage Food Law has helped thousands of Floridians transform kitchen creations into business opportunities. But building a thriving cottage food business takes more ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Family And Consumer Sciences, Farmers' Markets, Festivals, Florida Cottage Food Law, Food Safety, Homemade Food, News, UF/IFAS Extension

UF researchers secure USDA-NIFA Rapid Response grant to address pasture mealybug invading Florida sugarcane

by Lourdes Mederos
October 29, 2026

University of Florida researchers have secured $200,000 in federal funding to combat the invasive pasture mealybug, an emerging threat to Florida’s sugarcane industry. The funding will give researchers the necessary funds to help growers ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Everglades Research And Education Center, Grant, Pasture Mealybug, Rapid-response, Sugarcane, Top News, U.S. Department Of Agriculture’s National Institute Of Food And Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension Palm Beach County

UF/IFAS names J. Bryan Unruh director of West Florida Research and Education Center

by Lourdes Mederos
October 22, 2026

Highlights University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) appoints J. Bryan Unruh, a longtime faculty member and associate director, as director of the West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC). ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Lawn, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Best Management Practices, Bryan Unruh, Golf Course, News, Reserach, Turf, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, West Florida Research And Education Center

University of Florida liderará el nuevo Laboratorio de Innovación “Feed the Future” para Cultivos de Alto Valor

by Luz Bahder
October 19, 2026

Creado por Chris Vivian, vicepresidenta adjunta del Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. Aspectos destacados: UF lidera el laboratorio SAFE, financiado por el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos, una iniciativa global ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Espanol, Feed The Future, Inteligencia Artificial, Juan E. Andrade, Laboratorio SAFE, Red Internacional De Bioseguridad, Spanish

University of Florida to lead new Feed the Future Innovation Lab for High-Value Crops

by Chris Vivian
October 15, 2026

Highlights: UF is leading the U.S. Department of State-funded SAFE Lab, a global effort to safeguard fruits, vegetables and spices by stopping agricultural threats at their source. SAFE will establish an international biosecurity network ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Department Of Plant Pathology, Feed The Future, SAFE Innovation Lab, Top News, U.S. Department Of State

2026 York Lecture to focus on space exploration and how it fuels imagination for art and science

by Chris Vivian
October 14, 2026

Humans have studied the beauty of the heavens for millennia, dreaming of traveling and recreating their impression of the stars through art. The year’s exploration of art nd science will be presented on Nov. 16 via the University of ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Professional Development, UF/IFAS
Tags: Anna-Lisa Paul, Art And Science Collaboration, J. Scott Angle, Top News, York Distinguished Lecturer Series, York Lecture

Consumers are hesitant when it comes to fully automated grocery stores, study reveals

by Chris Vivian
October 14, 2026

As artificial intelligence continues to rapidly reshape the world around us, including the grocery shopping experience, a new research study from the University of Florida Department of Food and Resource Economics (FRE), reveals human touch ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: #AI, Artificial Intelligence, Food And Resource Economics, FRE, Grocery Shopping

Learn with Extension: How a Hokie Far from Her Home Field Learned to Put Down Roots in Florida

by Aaron Alexander
October 13, 2026

When Maiya McMunigal and her mother, Callie McMunigal, moved from Virginia to Cocoa, Florida, Maiya left behind the friends, routines and community that had made Virginia feel like home. They remain Hokie fans, but not to worry, they're ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS

Emprendimientos de alimentos desde casa: Serie de Extensión de UF/IFAS sobre la Ley de Alimentos Caseros de Florida

by Luz Bahder
October 13, 2026

Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. Acerca de esta serie: Desde productos de panadería hasta mermeladas, la Ley de Alimentos Caseros de Florida ha ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Food Safety, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Conexiones Para Emprendedores De Alimentos Preparados En Casa, Espanol, Jenn Hagen, Ley De Alimentos Caseros De Florida

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