Tag: Food Safety

From her roots in Colombia, UF/IFAS Extension agent aims to help the “have-nots”

by Brad Buck
March 9, 2023

Growing up poor in Bogotá, Colombia, Nelly Nelson knows firsthand about the “haves” and “have-nots.” That’s a driving force behind her desire to help the less fortunate as the family and consumer sciences agent for UF/IFAS Extension ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Colombia, Family And Consumer Sciences, Financial Management, Food Safety, Health Eating, National Women's History Month, Nelly Nelson, Smart Couples, UF/IFAS Extension Manatee County

UF/IFAS helps Floridians launch food business dreams

by Tory Moore
January 17, 2023

Starting a food business might seem intimidating, but UF/IFAS Extension courses can help make big dreams a reality. That is exactly how Sharlay Smith of Jacksonville, Florida, turned a “lightbulb moment” into The Lentil House, a profitable ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Cottage Food Industry, Cottage Foods, Entrepreneurship, Food Business Workshops, Food Is Our Middle Name, Food Safety, UF/IFAS Extension Duval County

Food is Our Middle Name podcast season finale: What’s the deal with…global hunger?

by Tory Moore
December 30, 2022

As we wrap up the final episode of this season’s podcast we think it best to take a step back and look at food-related issues on a global scale. UF/IFAS does work in research, teaching and Extension that improves the lives of Floridians ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: #Foodisourmiddlename, Extension, Feed The Future Innovation Lab For Livestock Systems, Food, Food Is Our Middle Name, Food Safety, Global Food Systems Institute, Hidden Hunger, Hunger, Livestock, Nutrition, Podcast, UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Global Food Systems Institute

Cleanliness and temperature key to safe holiday meals

by Brad Buck
November 14, 2022

Whether you dine on a traditional holiday meal this year – or opt for something more exotic -- keep safety in mind. That starts with shopping and goes through preparing the feast and storing leftovers. We talked to Keith Schneider, a UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Clean, Egg Nog, Food, Food Safety, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Freezer, Holidays, Keith Schneider, Refrigerator, Storage, Temperature, Thanksgiving, Turkey

Oysters and foodborne illness: What you should know

by Tory Moore
September 22, 2022

Each year, consumers eat millions of oysters worldwide, with a significant number of the mollusks grown in the Gulf of Mexico. While illness from eating oysters is rare, it can be fatal. Here, Razieh Farzad, a UF/IFAS and Florida Sea Grant seafood ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Food Safety, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Food, Food Is Our Middle Name, Food Safety, Oyster, Oysters, Seafood

Sauces and dog food: Two success stories from the Accelerator @ Immokalee

by Brad Buck
January 27, 2022

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- Reshma Tannassee’s sauces sell like hotcakes. She started the business on her own, and now she has 13 employees and hopes to have about 300 in a few years. With certain foods, you can’t just sell your product from ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety
Tags: Chefs, Culinary Accelerator, Dog Food, Food Safety, Immokalee, Kendra Locke, Licenses, Matt Krug, Reshma Tannassee, Sauces, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center

UF/IFAS Citrus Packinghouse Day returns as in-person event for 2021

by Brad Buck
June 15, 2021

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- UF/IFAS will host the annual Citrus Packinghouse Day on August 26, a free event featuring workshops and seminars for industry professionals interested in the latest information on interstate and export regulations, food ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Packinghouse Day, Citrus Research And Education Center, Exports, Food Safety, Indian River Research And Education Center, Mark Ritenour, Packinghouse, Postharvest

Safe food production training to be available to Florida’s small and beginning farmers through new USDA grant

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 19, 2020

BY RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla. -- A new opportunity for Florida’s small and medium-sized produce farmers will become a reality with the support of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP) grant designed to produce ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Food Safety, Food Safety Outreach Program, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Michelle Danyluk, Training, Usda

UF researchers receive a multi-million grant to improve food safety in fresh produce

by Brad Buck
September 17, 2020

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla.--- Outbreaks of foodborne diseases threaten the daily lives of millions of Americans, resulting in recalls and sometimes loss of life. Providing an integrated food safety system for fresh fruits and vegetables ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus Research And Education Center, Food Recalls, Food Safety, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Foodborne Illness, Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Grant, Michelle Danyluk, Nifa, Usda

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

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