Ag In The Classroom

September 26, 2003
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Source:
Eric Zamora

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UF/IFAS Extension Dean Stepping Down

September 25, 2003
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.—After eight years as head of Florida Cooperative Extension for the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Christine Waddill is stepping down, effective October 6, 2003.

Waddill has served as UF/IFAS dean for extension and director of Florida Cooperative Extension since 1995. In a September 25 email message to faculty and staff, Waddill said that for both professional and personal reasons she had decided to change her role in UF/IFAS. She also indicated that UF Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources Mike Martin asked her to consider taking on the directorship at the UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center in Belle Glade. (more…)

Green House Gadgets

September 24, 2003
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Source:
Thomas Wright

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Learning at Lake Alice

September 22, 2003
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Source:
Thomas Wright

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Native Grape May Produce Healthier Wine

September 18, 2003
Topic(s): Uncategorized

By:
Tim Lockette (352) 392-1773 ext. 277

Source(s):
Susan Percival SSPercival@mail.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-1991 ext 217
Stephen Talcott SSTalcott@mail.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-1991 ext 218

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GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Wine drinkers have heard plenty of good news in recent years, with study after study pointing to health benefits for people who enjoy a glass or two every evening.

Now researchers at the University of Florida say the red wine grape’s country cousin — the muscadine — may produce a wine healthier than the reds you see in your local grocery store. (more…)

Stanford University Plant Biologist To Speak At UF Sept. 24

September 15, 2003
Topic(s): Uncategorized

By:
Patti Bartlett

Source(s):
Chris Somerville crs@andrew2.stanford.edu, 650-325-1521 ext.203
Chris Waddill ctwaddill@mail.ifas.ufl.edu 352-392-1671

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Chris Somerville, director of the plant biology department at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and a professor at Stanford University in California, will be the featured speaker Sept. 24 in the University of Florida’s Sesquicentennial Celebration Lecture Series.

Somerville’s presentation on the future of plant genetic engineering will be at 7:30 p.m. in Powell Hall at UF’s Florida Museum of Natural History. The lecture is free and open to the public. (more…)

FAMU President Fred Gainous To Appear At Banquet For UF Alumni

September 11, 2003
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.—This week’s football game between the University of Florida and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University may be a first, but for FAMU president Fred Gainous, it will also be a homecoming.

Gainous will be among 23 African-American UF graduates to be honored at a banquet on the UF campus the night before the game. (more…)

Conference On The Role Of Genetically Modified Organisms In Trade Disputes

September 11, 2003
Topic(s): Uncategorized

By:
Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281

Source(s):
Andrew Schmitz aschmitz@ifas.ufl.edu, 352-392-1845 ext. 415

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Trade disputes over the use of genetically modified organisms in agricultural crops will be the focus of an international conference Oct. 30-31 in San Antonio, Texas.

“Border disputes are becoming a worldwide problem for farm exports,” said Andrew Schmitz, a University of Florida professor of food and resource economics who is coordinating the conference. (more…)

Pine Beetle

September 4, 2003
Topic(s): Uncategorized

Source:
Eric Zamora

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