Tag: Mickie Swisher

UF among coalition of researchers tackling sustainable agriculture

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
January 30, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Agriculture’s grand challenge of feeding the world’s growing population while protecting the environment recently got a big boost. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Carlene Chase, Cover Crops, Danielle Treadwell, Family, Horticultural Sciences, Horticultural Sciences Department, Horticulture, Michael Mulvaney, Mickie Swisher, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Research, Sustainable, Sustainable Agriculture, West Florida Research And Education Center, Youth And Community Sciences

UF/IFAS researchers get $2 million grant to study organic strawberry production

by Brad Buck
November 5, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will address production constraints for organic strawberry producers, thanks to a new $2 million federal grant. The grant comes ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Carlene Chase, Entomology And Nematology, Family, Horticultural Sciences, Mickie Swisher, Nematodes, Nifa, Usda

UF/IFAS organic strawberry research featured in e-book

by Brad Buck
November 19, 2014

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A new e-book from the University of Arkansas System features University of Florida scientists’ quest to establish a Florida organic strawberry industry. A chapter titled “Organic open-field and high ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Carlene Chase, Mickie Swisher, Organic, Oscar Liburd, Strawberries, Sustainability, Xin Zhao, Zhifeng Gao

UF, N.C. A&T forge ahead with organic strawberry research

by Brad Buck
November 3, 2014

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With an additional $200,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation, scientists from the University of Florida and North Carolina A&T University are expanding grower engagement in organic strawberry research. While ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Mickie Swisher, Organic, Strawberries

UF/IFAS team awarded strawberry sustainability grant

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 6, 2013

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Nearly all of the strawberries in the United States are grown in Florida or California, but faced with growing competition in the industry from Mexico, a team of UF researchers is looking for ways to diversify the industry. Led ... READ MORE

Category: Crops
Tags: Carlene Chase, Mickie Swisher, Organic, Oscar Liburd, Strawberry, Xin Zhao, Zhifeng Gao

Farmers’ market phonies raise ire of some customers — but not all, UF researchers say

by Tom Nordlie
September 25, 2012

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Doing business with a farmers’ market phony selling non-local food might bother some shoppers, but not all, according to a new University of Florida study. ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Crops, Economics, Farmers' Market, Marketing, Mickie Swisher, Xin Zhao, Zhifeng Gao

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