By Daniel Gonzalez (UF/IFAS Extension Palm Beach County) and Chelsea Jones (UF/IFAS Extension Marion County) We welcome you back to our mental health blogging series, where we discuss each of the 4-H Essential Elements and how to nurture ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Positive youth development is a framework that emphasizes building strengths and assets in young people, rather than just addressing their problems or deficits. PYD-focused education programs incorporate this framework into their curriculum ... READ MORE
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By Daniel Gonzalez (UF/IFAS Extension Palm Beach County) and Chelsea Jones (UF/IFAS Extension Marion County) Together we are going to embark on a mental health blogging series, discussing each of the 4-H Essential Elements and how to foster ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Professional Development, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
The first 4-H In Space: Mission Command Team of Space Ambassadors attended the Higher Orbits: Go For Launch! science program hosted at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in July 2022. Forty-eight 4-H teens from 4 states -- Florida, ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, Camp, Curriculum, UF/IFAS Extension
The Water Ambassador lunch and learn webinar series is back for 2023! Join UF/IFAS Extension for the Virtual Water Ambassador lunch and learn webinar series. The Water Ambassador Program is an educational partnership between Martin County ... READ MORE
Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
BELLE GLADE, Fla. - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Childhood Obesity Facts for Children and Adolescents (www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html), the following data has been gathered for individuals aged 2-19 ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, , Work & Life
When Chapter 2019-155 passed in the Florida legislature in 2019, shockwaves throttled through the circles of Florida’s tree care professionals. Local government laws often afforded trees certain protections (i.e., typically requiring permits ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Some invasive plants can radically alter landscapes making them look like monocultures, alien, or even relatively ugly. In South Florida, Brazilian pepper and old-world climbing fern come to mind. However, there are exceptions. The cat’s-claw ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension
Much of gardening and landscaping in Florida revolves around the USDA climate zone realities of potential freezes or cold weather. People in the panhandle are of like cold-hardy avocadoes and . People in Central Florida yearn for ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture,
The holiday season brings many families and friends together to celebrate, visit, and enjoy each other’s company. Holiday celebrations often take place with easy access to high calorie, traditional holiday foods that we have come to associate ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Health & Nutrition