UF/IFAS Wedgworth Leadership Institute alumni ranked food and water issues as four of the five most important issues facing agriculture and natural resources, according to a survey conducted by the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education. Water supply and quality...
Consumers most frequently buy strawberries in the summer — after Florida’s strawberry season has ended. Ninety-six percent of U.S. residents living east of the Mississippi River said they typically purchase strawberries in June, July or August. Although 81 percent of...
More than 90 percent of American travelers agreed they should fess up to traveling with prohibited items, according to research from the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education. The Travelers Don’t Pack a Pest program, a partnership among the U.S. Department of...
Sonia Tighe is the director of membership for FFVA and manages FFVA’s Florida Specialty Crop Foundation. Tighe partners with UF/IFAS and USDA on research grants and administers a scholarship program for children of migrant workers. Prior to joining FFVA, Tighe worked...
National consumers seem ready to accept Florida blueberries but are unaware of when the blueberries are available and some of the health benefits associated with the crop, according to research from the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education. View the graphs...
Preston Haskell is founder and chairman of The Haskell Company, the nation’s leading integrated design-build firm, headquartered in Jacksonville. He graduated with honors from Princeton University with a degree in civil engineering, received a Master of Business...
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