IFAS in the news, 10/10

Good morning! Here is the week's first IFAS news roundup:

University of Florida - Gainesville Wins Student Packaging Solutions Contest http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/43692/University-of-Florida--Gainesville-Wins-Student-Packaging-Solutions-Contest.html

Garden Q&A: Great St. Augustine grass starts with 4 basics http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/home-and-garden/2011-10-10/story/garden-qa-great-st-augustine-grass-starts-4-basics

Make native wildflowers a part of your landscape (Okaloosa) http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/wildflowers-44152-year-landscape.html

Biosolids Are Safe, Strictly Regulated; It's Been Win-Win (Polk. Opinion)
http://www.theledger.com/article/20111010/EDIT02/111009349

Cloverbud program helps youth develop maturity, responsibility (Flagler/4-H) http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/flagler/2011/10/08/cloverbud-program-helps-youth-develop-maturity-responsibility.html

Canary Island date palms need plenty of magnesium (Alachua) http://www.gainesville.com/article/20111008/COLUMNISTS/111009700/-1/news?p=1&tc=pg

Home and garden events for the week of Oct. 8 (Volusia) http://www.news-journalonline.com/lifestyle/home-and-garden/2011/10/08/home-and-garden-events-for-the-week-of-oct-8.html

Black spot fungus overtakes roses (Miami-Dade) http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/09/2441695/black-spot-fungus-overtakes-roses.html

Bok Tower Gardens celebrates October (Polk)
http://www.newschief.com/article/20111009/NEWS/110095000

St. Lucie Master Gardener plant sale rescheduled for Oct. 22 (St. Lucie) http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/oct/10/st-lucie-master-gardener-plant-sale-rescheduled-fo/

Thumb down: Slow invaders already having negative effect on Treasure Coast ecosystem (St. Lucie) http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/oct/08/thumb-down-slow-invaders-already-having-negative/

Other noteworthy stories:

Innovation Hub open for business
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20111009/ARTICLES/111019995/-1/news?Title=Innovation-Hub-open-for-business

US food supply threatened: Foreign insects, diseases got into US post 9/11 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44841097/ns/us_news-security/

In Calif., no more tanning beds for under-18 crowd http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9Q900D82.htm

Listeria death toll reaches 22
http://www.catholic.org/health/story.php?id=43173

Athletes Rally for Concussion Research
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/w_MindBodyNews/athletes-rally-raise-brain-injury-awareness/story?id=14690359

More rain coming before some weekend sunshine http://www.gainesville.com/article/20111009/ARTICLES/111009523?tc=cr

Tebow shines but Broncos fall short vs. Chargers http://www.gainesville.com/article/20111009/WIRE/111019994?tc=cr

Hare Krishna lunch now accepting credit cards http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_9d6b17fc-f2f9-11e0-9959-001cc4c002e0.html

State, federal financial aid take hits from weak economy http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_6afb0aa2-f2f4-11e0-add6-001cc4c002e0.html