Sunbelt Expo- "Sustainability: Growing Locally, Reaching Globally"

“Sustainability: Growing Locally, Reaching Globally” is this year’s theme for the cutting edge educational exhibits you will find inside the University of Florida IFAS building during the Sunbelt Agriculture Expo October 19- 21, 2010. During the exposition UF IFAS Faculty will be on hand to share and answer questions on the latest in Teaching, Research and Extension at the university departments, research and education centers and local county extension offices across Florida.

 

Exhibits this year include: “Good-Bye Sodium… Hello Herbs”, “Energy from Wood through Pyrolysis”, “Food Waste - Not a Waste until Wasted”, “Tall Grasses for Biomass in Florida”, “Growing Green with 4H”, “Sustaining Natural Ecosystems”, “Harvest and Use of Rainwater”, “Sustaining Natural Ecosystems through Land Management”, “Secrets of Citrus Greening”, “Managing Insects using Sustainable Methods”, “Clean Green by Making Soap” and the “College of Agricultural and Life Sciences”. For a special treat make sure you stop by and visit the IFAS Store!

 

During the Expo you can follow the action by taking a peek at the web cameras installed inside the UF IFAS building. More information on the UF IFAS Sunbelt Ag Expo activities can be found at http://sunbelt.ifas.ufl.edu/ .  The Sunbelt Ag Expo, http://www.sunbeltexpo.com/ , is an agricultural-based trade show held at Spence Field in Moultrie, Georgia. Known as “North America’s Premier Farm Show”™ the annual event has more than 1200 exhibitors showcasing the latest in farming technology.

 

 

 

UF IFAS Building at Sunbelt Expo – photo by Pete Vergot

 

 

 

 

Mary Beth Henry

Small Farms/Pesticide Licensing

Extension Agent I, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County

1702 HWY. 17 S, Bartow, FL 33831 T: 863.519.8677 x 102  F: 863.534.0001

mbhenry@ufl.edu     http://polksmallfarms.com http://smallfarms.ifas.ufl.edu/ 

No Farmers No Food

 

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