IFAS in the news, 10/11

Good morning! Here is today's IFAS news scan:

Latest Florida non-native invader: Rasberry Crazy Ants (Charlotte)
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/2010/10/latest_nonnative_invader_rasbe.html

How safe is dining out in Brevard County?
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101010/NEWS01/10100324/1006/How-safe-is-dining-out-in-Brevard-

Prison farm program expands
http://www2.jcfloridan.com/news/2010/oct/10/prison-farm-program-expands-ar-940778/

Tips on starting a vegetable garden (Miami)
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/10/1862013/tips-on-starting-a-vegetable-garden.html

Pumpkin's for pie, but bats scream . . . Halloween
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/oct/10/tr-pumpkins-for-pie-but-bats-scream-halloween/

Glamour & Grit - Oct. 11, 2010
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/oct/09/glamour-grit-oct-11-2010/

Growing Strawberries In Florida
http://www.fosterfollynews.com/news/2010Oct7Strawberryplantsfitnicelyinthehomegarden.php

Volunteers keep 4-H programs running
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/flagler/2010/10/09/volunteers-keep-4-h-programs-running.html

Whitney Lab lecture features artificial reefs
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/flagler/2010/10/09/whitney-lab-lecture-features-artificial-reefs.html

Fall good time for Lee County gardening
http://www.news-press.com/article/20101009/LIFESTYLES/101008061/Fall-good-time-for-Lee-gardening

Grow your best garden
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101009/ARTICLES/101009473/1004

Stewardship, Small Farm Calendar Update
http://www.fosterfollynews.com/news/2010Oct7UpcomingForestStewardshipSmallFarmandNaturalResourceEvents.php

The group behind the nature fest South Walton Community
http://www.waltonsun.com/news/walton-5599-community-nature.html

Children offered outdoor fun at festival at Camp Timpoochee
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/tasso-33745-fun-timpoochee.html

Black bamboo needs room to roam
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101010/COLUMNISTS/101019957

Other UF/science news:

Researchers Pinpoint Array of Obesity Genes
http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/644136.html

UF, city seen as welcoming for gay students
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101010/ARTICLES/101019967/1007/NEWS

When Florida Gators are in legal trouble, they come to trial lawyer Huntley Johnson
http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article1126903.ece

Animal activists mount protests of UF researcher
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101008/ARTICLES/101009463/1007/NEWS