Wednesday, December 21, 2011

IFAS in the news, 12/21

Good morning! -- Today's IFAS news:

FFVA convention- Looking ahead: Some positives amid downsides http://southeastfarmpress.com/orchard-crops/ffva-convention-looking-ahead-some-positives-amid-downsides

Auction benefits Florida ag
http://southeastfarmpress.com/orchard-crops/auction-benefits-florida-ag

Mouth swab detects zinc deficiency
http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/mouth-swab-detects-zinc-deficiency/

Ernst: A great garden idea, but someone had to ruin it (Sarasota) http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20111220/COLUMNIST/111229953?p=1&tc=pg

Florida ACE Prep Course Set for Feb. 16-17 http://www.pctonline.com/Florida-ACE-Prep-Course.aspx

Dark chocolate has health benefits - and calories (Washington/Holmes) http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20111221/LIVING03/112210307/Dark-chocolate-has-health-benefits-x2014-calories?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|frontpage|p

County volunteer puts her green thumb to good use (Pinellas) http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/volunteer_news/content_articles/122011_vol-01.txt


Food/higher ed:

Study: When a football team wins, male grades drop http://www.gainesville.com/article/20111220/WIRE/111229959?tc=cr

Taste for Salt Is Shaped Early in Life
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/taste-for-salt-begins-early-in-life/

UF, Moffitt researchers find blood cancer may be more common than realized http://news.ufl.edu/2011/12/20/blood-cancer/

No comments:

Post a Comment

Tell us what you think! Please use common sense and good judgement. Comments will be moderated if necessary.