IFAS News
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - University of Florida
Archive for March, 2004
New UF Marriage-Prep Course Targets High Divorce Rates
March 30, 2004
Topic(s): Uncategorized
Source(s):
Millie Ferrer mferrer@ifas.ufl.edu, 352-392-1761
Donna Peacock pcock@ifas.ufl.edu, 352-754-4433
Brenda Williams bcwilliams@ifas.ufl.edu, 352-955-2402
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—To help strengthen marriage - and reduce divorce rates - the University of Florida extension service has launched a statewide education program to help couples before they tie the knot.
“The 4- to 6-hour training program, dubbed Before You Tie the Knot, helps prepare couples for marriage, and it doesn’t matter how the family is defined,” said Millie Ferrer, interim associate dean for extension with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. “The workshop series consists of topics that are very important to anyone who is planning to get married.” (more…)
Thomas Jeffries To Speak April 21 At UF John Gray Lecture Series
March 18, 2004
Topic(s): Uncategorized
By:
Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281Source(s):
Timothy White tlwhite@ufl.edu, 352-846-0850
Alan Long ajl2@ufl.edu, 352-846-0891
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Thomas Jeffries, director of the Institute of Microbial and Biochemical Technology at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wis., will speak April 21 at the University of Florida’s John Gray Distinguished Lecture series. The topic of his presentation is Wood Product Innovations Through Biotechnology.
Jeffries’ lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be at 10 a.m. at the Paramount Hotel in Gainesville. His lecture keynotes the 35th annual spring symposium for the Florida Division of the Society of American Foresters. Hosted by UF’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation, the symposium begins April 21 and concludes April 22. (more…)
Development To Cost Florida Almost 3 Million Acres Of Rural Land By 2020, UF Expert Warns
March 17, 2004
Topic(s): Uncategorized
Source(s):
John Reynolds jreynolds@fred.ifas.ufl.edu, 352-392-1845 ext. 412
Clayton Hutcheson chutches@co.palm-beach.fl.us, 561-233-1712
Julie Young julie@armfield-wagner.com, 772-562-0532
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Spreading suburbs could consume almost 3 million acres of Florida’s farmland by the year 2020, a University of Florida researcher predicts.
And more than one-third of those losses will occur in six of Florida’s most-populated counties, where fast-growing cities are encroaching on some of the state’s most productive agricultural areas. (more…)
Four Leaf Clover
March 15, 2004
Topic(s): Uncategorized
Source:
Rebecca Parker
No print version available.
Anti-Cancer Sponge
March 11, 2004
Topic(s): Uncategorized
Source:
Rebecca Parker
No print version available.
Harold Browning To Coordinate Citrus Research And Education Programs For UF/IFAS
March 9, 2004
Topic(s): Uncategorized
By:
Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281Source(s):
Harold Browning hwbr@crec.ifas.ufl.edu, 863-956-1151, ext. 1215
Mike Martin mvm@ifas.ufl.edu, 352-392-1971
Don Poucher info@ifas.ufl.edu, 352-392-0437
LAKE ALFRED, Fla.—A three-year pilot program to coordinate citrus programs in the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) will be led by Harold Browning, a professor and director of UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred. Browning’s appointment became effective March 1.
UF citrus programs in teaching, research and extension are conducted by personnel in campus departments and off-campus research and education centers as well as county extension offices throughout Florida. (more…)
UF Researchers Create New Low-Carb Food Product
March 3, 2004
Topic(s): Uncategorized
Source(s):
Michael Madden mmpta2@juno.com, 772-528-8557
Meghan Meller 813-453-8727
Lauren O’Kelley 772-528-8439
Hordur Kristinsson HGKristinsson@mail.ifas.ufl.edu, 352-392-1991 ext. 500
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A new low-carbohydrate, high-protein food product created by University of Florida researchers could give dieters a new weapon in the battle against obesity.
It’s the “flaquita,” an all-meat tortilla that promises to squeeze the last few carbohydrates out of the low-carb wraps now offered at many restaurants. (more…)
