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COVID-19 response: New UF/IFAS web page to give tips on home-grown food

by Brad Buck
April 28, 2020

For some, few activities beat the satisfaction of growing food at home. They find it fascinating to pull peas from pods, which in turn satisfies a need to create something from soil, water, seeds and sun. With the onset and continuation of ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Covid-19, Home-grown Food, Master Gardener Volunteer Program, UF/IFAS Extension, Vegetable Gardening, Victory Gardens, Web Page, Wendy Wilber
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Florida 4-H pen pal program goes national

by Brad Buck
April 22, 2020

This seems like a lost art: Writing a letter using a pen or pencil and a sheet of paper. Florida 4-H youth and many of their counterparts are using this method to communicate to friends. They put it in an envelope, address the envelope, put ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Curriculum, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Covid-19, Etiquette, Florida 4-H, Kristie Popa, Letters, Pen Friends, Tycee Prevatt, UF/IFAS Extension Charlotte County, UF/IFAS Extension Glades County

UF surveys to identify impact of pandemic on Florida’s agriculture and marine industries

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
April 16, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With agriculture and marine industries occupying a large portion of Florida’s economy, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) wants to better understand how measures to mitigate ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Coasts & Marine, Disaster Preparation, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Agricultural Economics, Andrew Ropicki, Aquaculture, Charter Boats, Christa Court, Commercial Fishing, Coronavirus, Covid-19, COVID19, Economic Impact, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food And Resource Economics Department, John Lai, Marine Industries, Marine Recreation, Seafood, Survey
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COVID-19 response: Resources for horse owners and businesses

by Tory Moore
April 13, 2020

Extension Horses, through a partnership between UF/IFAS Extension equine faculty and several other land grant universities, has developed resources for horse owners and managers to provide information and support during COVID-19. Extension ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Livestock, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Covid-19, COVID19, Equine, Equine Business, Horses

COVID-19 response: Farm and food-safety questions answered by UF/IFAS scientists

by Tory Moore
April 9, 2020

With many things uncertain during the COVID-19 crisis, farmers and consumers are searching for answers about food safety. To provide the correct data, we asked three experts with the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) to ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Farm Management, Food Safety, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Covid-19, COVID19, Farm Safety, Farm Workers, Food Safety

COVID-19 and food safety: Fact and fiction for food production and disinfection

by Brad Buck
April 9, 2020

By Ruth Borger LAKE ALFRED, Fla. — Consumers are being bombarded with tips for what to do with their groceries during the coronavirus crisis. Leave them in the garage for three days? Wash the produce with soapy water? Wipe all packaging ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus Research And Education Center, Covid-19, Food Safety, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Hygiene, Michelle Danyluk, Travis Chapin
Plants on display for sale at the Gardening Friends of the Big Bend plant sale.

UF/IFAS Extension helps get food directly from farmers to customers during pandemic

by Brad Buck
April 9, 2020

As the novel coronavirus disrupts the usual methods to deliver food from farms to consumers, UF/IFAS Extension agents are helping connect growers with customers. Two such specialists are Sarah Bostick, an agriculture agent with UF/IFAS Extension ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Community Supported Agriculture, Covid-19, Customers, Farmers, Transition Sarasota, UF/IFAS Extension Manatee County, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County

With crops in the ground, Florida watermelon farmers face uncertainty due to COVID-19

by Samantha Murray
April 7, 2020

Today, as fruit and vegetable farmers in South Florida decide what to do with produce once destined for now-closed schools and restaurants, watermelon farmers in North Florida have recently finished planting their crop. Given the uncertainty ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bob Hochmuth, Covid-19, Levy County, Mark Warren, News, North Florida Research And Education Center, Watermelon
Pieces of dark chocolate.

COVID 19 response: Your grocery disinfection and food-safety questions answered

by Brad Buck
April 7, 2020

It’s a battle of facts vs. myths in the rush to get information to the public about how consumers can safely shop for groceries and handle food without too much stress during the coronavirus pandemic. To get the correct data, we asked three ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Amy Simonne, Andrea Nikolai, CDC, Covid-19, Food Handling, Foodborne, Grocery Shopping, Keith Schneider, Safety, Sanitizer

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