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July 8, 2022

Understand Food Labels

Reading time: Approximately 5 minutes Do you know how to interpret food labels? Imagine you are grocery shopping and whether you stop by at the yogurt section, or the oatmeal section, there are so many options there, which ones to choose based on the nutrition facts? Nutrition facts are not difficult to understand, and are composed of…

July 7, 2022

Let’s make some buzz on National Honey Bee Day! August 20th

A ripe fig with its large signature leaf. Photo credit: Carrie T. Stevenson, UF IFAS ExtensionSummer is full of simple pleasures—afternoon rainstorms, living in flip flops, and cooling off in a backyard pool. Among these, one of my favorites is walking out my door and picking handfuls of figs right from the tree. Before we planted…

July 7, 2022

Let’s make some buzz on National Honey Bee Day! August 20th

The UF/IFAS Social Media Committee is enlisting your participation in the National Honey Bee Day Social Media Blitz on August 20, 2022. Participants of this social media event can be from inside UF/IFAS or community supporters with an interest in honey bees. National Honey Bee Day takes place on Saturday August 20, 2022. National Honey Bee…

July 7, 2022

Gardening can cultivate better mental health

Horticultural therapy has long been used to improve mental health in those with existing medical conditions. Scientists wanted to know if healthy people could also reap mental health benefits from gardening. The study’s results suggest that gardening can help many people improve their mental health, though more research needs to be done to…

July 6, 2022

Citrus Canker in Escambia County

Citrus canker has made its way to Escambia County. This bacterial disease was first seen in Northwest Florida almost 10 years ago in Gulf Breeze. Given time and the ease of transmission of this disease, we are now seeing affected citrus trees in both the east and west portions of Escambia County. This disease is specific…

July 6, 2022

UF/IFAS Extension Summer Internship Programs in Broward County

Article by UF/IFAS Extension Broward County Urban Horticulture Agent/CED Lorna Bravo What is the UF/IFAS Extension Summer Internship Program? The summer internship program is a collaboration between the Florida Cooperative Extension Service and the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Students participating in this paid internship will work with county UF/IFAS Extension faculty to…

July 5, 2022

Stop Those Plants! How You Can Prevent the Spread of Invasive, Aquatic Plants

Common aquatic plant fragments establishing at a boat ramp on East Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida. Aquatic Plants and How They Spread Two things are a given in Florida: hot, humid weather and lots of boat traffic. Have you ever looked over the side of a boat and seen a thick, dark green mat of plant material underwater…

July 5, 2022

Get Health Benefits this Summer! Focus on Fruits and Vegetables

Want to get healthier this summer? As part of an overall healthy diet, eating fruits and vegetables, that are lower in calories, instead of some other higher-calorie food, may be useful in helping to lower calorie intake and lower body weight. Eating a diet rich in vegetables and fruits as part of an overall healthy…

July 4, 2022

Wild Weeds – Weed of the Month: Wild Blue Phlox

Wild Weeds – Weed of the Month Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox (photo by Eleanor Dietrich) Wild blue phlox is a perennial wildflower that blooms from spring into early summer. You’ll find this delicate flower in slope forest, bluffs and calcareous hammocks. You’ll have to travel to the Panhandle of Florida to see…

July 3, 2022

Tropical Milkweed in North Florida

Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) has been in the news recently. It can be a host plant for Ophryocystis elektroscirra (OE), a parasite of monarch butterflies (Danus plexippus). Boiled down, milkweed is a host plant for monarchs which carry the OE parasite. The butterfly deposits OE when they land on the plant to lay eggs. Newly hatched monarchs…

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