Tag: Brian Pearson

Hemp approval program now available from UF/IFAS

by Tory Moore

February 9, 2021

MEDIA CONTACT: Lourdes Rodriguez, 954-242-8439, rodriguezl@ufl.edu UF/IFAS now has an active and permitted Clonally Propagated Hemp Cultivar Approval Program that is part of the Industrial Hemp Pilot Project. Owners of industrial hemp ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: #ufifasagronomy, Brian Pearson, Hemp, Jerry Fankhauser, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center

UF Eyes Butterfly Pea as Natural Food-Color Source

by Brad Buck

May 29, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It provides a natural food coloring. It gives nurseries another ornamental to grow and sell, and it might provide health benefits to those who eat it with their food. It is the Butterfly Pea, and University of Florida researchers ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Horticulture
Tags: Brian Pearson, Butterfly Pea, Flower, Food Coloring, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center

Industry donors help cultivate emerging Florida crops

by Brad Buck

April 17, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- About five years ago, University of Florida environmental horticulture assistant professor Brian Pearson started growing hops in his backyard. Finding success, he and two other UF researchers are exploring whether they ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Brian Pearson, Emerging Crops, Flavors Of Florida, Hops, Jose Chaparro, News, Olives, Peaches, Philanthropy, Pomegranate, Shinsuke Agehara, Zhanao Deng

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