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Ag engineer comes ‘home’ to UF/IFAS; uses AI to help reduce farm labor costs

by Brad Buck
January 25, 2022

Dana Choi grew up in South Korea but considers Florida her second home. She spent several years on the main campus of the University of Florida, getting her master’s and doctoral degrees in agricultural and biological engineering from the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Dana Choi, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Robotics, South Korea, Strawberries, Sustainable Agriculture, Tomatoes

UF/IFAS Professor Selected as Fulbright Scholar

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
May 1, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Mementos, including a collection of alligator figurines, cover nearly every wall and surface in the University of Florida office of Muthusami Kumaran. Those figurines are a nod to the university community he’s called ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Family, Fulbright Scholar, Muthusami Kumaran, South Korea, Tracy Irani, Youth And Community Sciences

Grapefruit for dessert? South Korea could be a lucrative market for Florida growers

by Brad Buck
February 28, 2017

Please see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- How about grapefruit as a dessert or snack? That is how many South Koreans, especially younger ones, view the fruit. Therefore, Florida grapefruit growers may want to expand their shipments ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Food And Resource Economics, Grapefruit, Lisa House, South Korea