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UF/IFAS Extension provides Floridians with lifelong learning programs in cooperation with county governments, the United States Department of Agriculture, and Florida A&M. The wide breadth of educational programming offered in each county responds to the local needs of residents, schools, regulatory agencies, community organizations, and industry.
Florida growers -- mostly family farmers – produce more than 5,700 acres of blueberries, producing about 20 million pounds per season. ... the UF/IFAS statewide blueberry Extension coordinator ...
CALS administers the degree programs of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). IFAS is a federal, state, and local government partnership dedicated to develop knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life.
Golden Star is a carambola (Averrhoa carambola) cultivar that was developed at the Tropical Research and Education Center of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station (FAES), an agricultural research program of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The cultivar was released from the FAES in 1965. [1]
South Florida pine flatwoods at Honeymoon Island State Park. The south Florida pine flatwoods are a flatwoods forest community found in central and southern Florida, [1] ending north of Orlando. [2] They are dominant from just north of Lake Okeechobee southward, [3] sharing affinity with similar communities in the Caribbean. [4]
He joined the University of Florida faculty in 1979 and retired on July 1, 2003. During that time, he served as Director and Professor for IFAS International Programs, Agricultural Economics (1972-1999), and as a professor of Food and Resource Economics. Hildebrand's international background encompasses work in over 31 countries over 35 years.
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally hitting an 8-month-old baby with his car after he allegedly left the child on the road following an argument with a female passenger.
Ashley Moody will soon move from the Florida Cabinet to the U.S. Senate. Moody, the state's attorney general, is Gov. Ron DeSantis’ pick to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who is poised to be the ...