Gainesville, Fla. — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) honored three University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty with teaching awards for the food and agricultural sciences—the most ever received ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
UF/IFAS Extension agents have received 10 Association of Natural Resource Extension Professional awards, recognizing exceptional programs and education on natural resources issues. Award recipients will be honored at the annual conference in ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences assistant professor Jamie Loizzo was selected as one of two winners of the National Early Career Teaching Award by the USDA. The National Awards for Excellence in College ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Now that we’re knee-deep in strawberry season, many growers owe Clyde Fraisse and Natalia Peres a debt of gratitude. About a decade ago, Peres saw a need for a fungicide decision-support tool. Farmers sprayed about every week to control strawberry ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For her “outstanding contributions to the psychological study of human taste perception,” a University of Florida scientist recently earned a top recognition from the American Psychological Association. Linda Bartoshuk, ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
APOPKA, Fla. – When Imogene Yarborough and her husband Ed started ranching in Seminole County in 1954, they foresaw a legacy of agriculture for their future generations. “We raised our four children with the guiding principle that this ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, EVENTS, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
By Rebecca Burton GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Monica Wilson, Florida Sea Grant’s Gulf oil spill research Extension specialist with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, is a member of the team recently awarded the ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida-based project Healthy Gulf, Healthy Communities helped coastal residents recover from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and prepare for future disasters. Now, the project has garnered ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two faculty members with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences received Excellence in Teaching honors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The awards were announced at the annual ... READ MORE
Category: EVENTS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS TeachingGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida professor has received a top award from the Soil Science Society of America for helping to develop and apply practices that increase crops and income as well as help the environment. The L.R. ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS