by piecenter | Dec 19, 2013 | Newsletter
By Jayne Johnson With the expanded faculty and staff ranks, several more projects were awarded to the PIE Center: Specialty Crop Block Grant — Local food message testing focus groups, survey PIE Center researchers will be able follow up on their research that showed...
by piecenter | Dec 19, 2013 | Newsletter
By Tory Boyd Before the grant funding the PIE Center’s work with the Florida Water and Climate Alliance comes to an end, researchers joined collaborators in Miami to see firsthand the effects of sea level rise. The FloridaWCA, funded by a grant from the National...
by piecenter | Dec 19, 2013 | Newsletter
Hometown: Nantong, Jiangsu province, China. I grew up in Nantong until I went into college in Nanjing, where I spent four years. After getting a bachelor’s degree, I decided to change my study direction. Then, I moved to Gainesville, Fla. Favorite part of ag or...
by piecenter | Dec 19, 2013 | Newsletter
By Caroline Roper One year later, the PIE Center webinar series continues to make learning about important agricultural and natural resources issues as Easy as PIE. The Easy as PIE webinars celebrated its first birthday in style, hosting its highest-attended webinar...
by piecenter | Dec 19, 2013 | Newsletter
By Yiqian Ma The UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education’s local food research and accompanying training toolkit is stepping into the spotlight in two issues of Florida Grower. Subscribers to the trade magazine will find informational advertising in the November...
by piecenter | Dec 19, 2013 | Newsletter
Erica Odera was recently promoted from research assistant to research analyst. She plays a role in most of the PIE Center’s research projects. The PIE Center has hired two media interns. Chang Liu, a master’s student in telecommunications, is designing the UF Critical...
