GAINESVILLE—Vegetable salads served in supermarkets and restaurants generally are safe, although mishandling sometimes leads to contamination with bacteria, a University of Florida food safety researcher says. Education for food workers, proper storage and washing can keep most fresh-cut… Read More
GAINESVILLE—Southern Pine Beetle populations have exploded to outbreak levels along the Suwannee River in Hamilton and Madison counties, where the tree-killing beetle has invaded several pine plantations. Forest owners throughout North Florida need to check their stands and… Read More
GAINESVILLE—Just when you thought you’d heard enough about DNA testing from the so-called “Trial of the Century,” University of Florida researchers are using the same science to police polluters. With the oft-mentioned DNA “fingerprint” test, scientists at UF’s… Read More
GAINESVILLE—A University of Florida commodities expert says he’s optimistic the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will give relief to the nation’s vegetable growers, hit hard the past two years by surging imports of tomatoes and peppers from Mexico…. Read More
GAINESVILLE—Secondary school teachers and others interested in environmental education can use their home or work computers to earn college credit this fall. An innovative three-hour course, Food and the Environment, will be taught online via the Internet. It… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Three University of Florida professors, Lynn Bailey, Jess Gregory and Nan-Yao Su, will receive 1996 Honor Awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture during ceremonies in Washington, D.C. today. (6-5-96) The awards, which are the agency’s highest… Read More
GAINESVILLE—A small, shiny fly that feeds on pesky house flies may help Florida’s poultry producers save thousands of dollars and squash complaints from their neighbors. By using the black garbage fly to rid poultry houses of the common… Read More
GAINESVILLE—The petunias in University of Florida researcher David Clark’s greenhouse are the Energizer bunnies of flowers — they keeping blooming and blooming and blooming. And if Clark’s experiments work on other flowers, Florida’s $600-million-a-year floriculture industry may see… Read More
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BRADENTON—It’s been a rough year for Florida-grown Easter lilies. Unseasonably cold weather earlier this year will cause some plants grown outside the warmth of a greenhouse — about 30 percent of the state’s crop — to bloom well… Read More
