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Savor the flavor, pack in some nutrition this Florida strawberry season


February 4, 2025

You can taste them now – sweet, succulent strawberries. February and March mark the peak time for Florida strawberry production, and University of Florida experts point to several reasons consumers gobble up the juicy fruit. “Strawberries ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition
Tags: Andrea Nikolai, Charles Sims, Consumers, Flavor, Florida Strawberry Season, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Harvest, Hillsborough County, Joshua Payne, Manatee County, Nutrition, Polk County, Storage, Strawberries, Strawberry Season, Strawberry Shortcake, UF Sensory Lab, Vitamin C

New public-private partnership allows UF/IFAS scientist to work on growing plants, storing carbon in clay soil


September 14, 2023

In a new, public-private partnership, University of Florida scientist Zachary Brym wants to see if he can utilize plants to store carbon in clay soil in Polk County. Eventually, he’d like to see how collections of crops and other plants can ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agroecology, Agronomy, Carbek, Carbon, Carbon Sequestration, Crops, Ecosystem Services, Plants, Polk County, Regenerative Agriculture, Soil, Soil Health, Tropical Research And Education Center, Zachary Brym

Business of Farming Workshop offers agriculture entrepreneurs keys to starting small-scale operations


April 12, 2023

A team from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is offering a two-day program, The Business of Farming Workshop, for entrepreneurs looking to build an agricultural business. Limited bilingual assistance ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Blog Community, Farm Management, Professional Development, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Business Of Farming, Business Plan, Consumers, Entrepreneur, Farmers' Markets, Finance, Food, Food And Resource Economics, Food Sales, Human Resource Plan, Marketing, Marketing Plan, Operational Plan, Polk County, Small Farms, Small-scale Grower, Sustainable Food Products, Trent Blare, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center, Usda, Workshop

UF Nutrition Education Program Celebrates 50 Years of Helping Floridians Eat Healthier


March 4, 2019

March is National Nutrition Month, a reminder that we can all do better when it comes to eating right. But if resources are limited, it can be hard for individuals and families to access nutritious foods and practice other healthy habits, experts ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: EFNEP, Escambia County, Hillsborough County, Miami-Dade County, News, Palm Beach County, Polk County, Seminole County