IFAS in the news, 8/19

Good morning! Here is your IFAS news scan:

New UF program helps smaller farms maintain high food-safety standards
http://news.ufl.edu/2010/08/18/food-safety-2/

Summer's not the time to shear the shrubs
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/aug/19/summers-not-the-time-to-shear-the-shrubs/life/

Jan. Freeze Pays Off For Citrus Growers
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100818/NEWS/8185047/1410?Title=Jan-Freeze-Pays-Off-For-Citrus-Growers

Mars Farming Gets Green Thumbs-Up
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/08/mars-farming/

Good sod just doesn't die within days of installation
http://www.news-press.com/article/20100819/COLUMNISTS40/8190372/Good-sod-doesn-t-die-days-after-installation

Florida's biggest spider at its peak
http://www.news-press.com/article/20100819/ENT13/8190339/1010/sports/Florida-s-biggest-spider-at-its-peak

Regional/UF/food safety and local news:

First oiled turtles released in Gulf after rehab
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/18/1781957/first-oiled-turtles-released-in.html

UPD releases sketch of July robbery suspect
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100818/ARTICLES/100819401/-1/entertainment?Title=UPD-releases-sketch-of-July-robbery-suspect

Improving fruit, veggie flavor the focus of UC Davis study
http://blogs.sacbee.com/dining/archives/2010/08/improving-fruit.html

Egg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100819/ARTICLES/100819367/1105/NEWS?Title=Egg-recall-tied-to-salmonella-grows-to-380-million

UF dorms fill with Facebook friends, RoomBug roomies
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100818/ARTICLES/100819407/1109/sports?Title=UF-dorms-fill-with-Facebook-friends-RoomBug-roomies

Incredibly, university athletes cost $84,446 and up per player
http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/100819/story-viewpoint.shtml

Gainesville boy bitten by shark
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100819/ARTICLES/8191047/1118?p=1&tc=pg

Man takes security guard's gun, robs local Internet café
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100819/ARTICLES/8191039/1118?Title=Man-takes-guard-s-gun-robs-cafe-

Dove World told it can't burn Qurans
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100819/ARTICLES/8191045/1118?Title=Dove-World-told-it-can-t-burn-Qurans

More rain ahead, and 90-degree days, too
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100819/ARTICLES/8191053/1118?Title=More-rain-90-degree-days-ahead