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PIE Center Works With Partner Programs to Develop Mental Health Curriculum
The UF IFAS Center for Public Issues Education (PIE Center) is helping equip extension agents and others active in disaster response to address the unique mental health needs of the agriculture and natural resource sectors during a disaster. The PIE Center...
2020-2021 Annual Report: By The Numbers
With over $6 million in research partnerships, 18,000 website views and 950 podcast listeners, the PIE Center made notable contributions in research, outreach and education this year. Below is a summary of the PIE Center's achievements in 2020-2021 by the...
Introducing the 2020-2021 Annual Report: Letter from Director Ricky Telg
The PIE Center is excited to share the 2020-2021 annual report highlighting the center's accomplishments in research, outreach, and education. Read director Ricky Telg's reflection on the past year below. As our team looks to the future, we know it is important to be...
PIE Center Participates in the 2021 Walk to End Alzheimer’s
On Saturday, October 16th, PIE Center faculty, staff, family, and pets participated in the 2021 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, a fundraising event aimed at supporting the care and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association. Participants gathered at Trinity United...
PIE Center Hosts 2021 Advisory Board Meeting
GAINESVILLE — On October 15th, the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (PIE Center) met with its 16-member advisory board to collect feedback from industry stakeholders.PIE Center Director, Ricky Telg, and Advisory Board...
‘Bloom’ goes the Dinoflagellate! Understanding Harmful Algal Blooms
In 2018, a massive harmful algal bloom (HAB) along Florida's southwestern coast killed 2,000 tons of marine life and caused $8 million in business losses. This HAB was a red tide, which is a rapid increase of the alga species Karenia brevis, a marine dinoflagellate...
Telg named Distinguished Ag Communications Educator by the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE)
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (PIE Center) Director Ricky Telg has been named Distinguished Ag Communications Educator by the American Association for...
COMING SOON: New Science by the Slice Series on Hurricane Preparedness
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1, 2021. Are you and your family prepared? In our upcoming series of Science by the Slice, a podcast by the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (PIE Center), hear...
Ashley McLeod-Morin awarded rising star award at annual Association for Communicating Excellence (ACE) conference
The UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources’ (PIE Center) communications coordinator, Ashley McLeod-Morin, has been named a 2021 ACE Rising Star at the annual Association for Communicating Excellence (ACE) conference. The ACE...
PIE Center receives multiple awards for outstanding outreach materials and research at ACE
The UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (PIE Center) received multiple awards from the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), including awards in...
Mental Health in Agriculture
↓ VIEW THE IMPACT REPORT ↓ The UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (PIE Center) is discussing the effects of mental health among rural and farm worker populations in the center’s new podcast, Science by the...
NEW Science by the Slice Series: COVID-19 Food Systems
The US Food System is a complex system that allows food to get from the field to your table. COVID-19 impacted the US Food System in multiple ways from supply to demand, and even to labor. In the latest series of the Science by the Slice podcast, you will hear from...
