UF/IFAS in the news, 10/30

Good morning! Your mid-week installment of UF/IFAS news:

Climate change may spark pest, disease outbreaks, UF researchers say

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131028/ARTICLES/131029594/0/search?p=1&tc=pg

Health fair draws 75 seniors (Jackson)

http://www.jcfloridan.com/news/article_305189f6-40e7-11e3-ae05-0019bb30f31a.html

 

Growing blueberries in Florida

 

http://highlandstoday.com/list/highlands-agri-leader-news/growing-blueberries-in-florida-20131030/

 

Purchasing plants at the plant sale pays off (Highlands)

http://highlandstoday.com/list/highlands-agri-leader-news/purchasing-plants-at-the-plant-sale-pays-off-20131030/

Home and Garden calendar (Jax area)

http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/home-and-garden/2013-10-29/story/home-and-garden-calendar

Gardening events in Pasco

http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/events/gardening-events-in-pasco/2149743

Community gardens grow so much more than vegetables (Tampa Bay area)

http://www.tampabay.com/features/homeandgarden/community-gardens-grow-so-much-more-than-vegetables/2149794

Learn about Hydroponic Gardening (Pinellas)

http://www.thegabber.com/learn-about-hydroponic-gardening-cms-2469

Family Lends Show Animals To Underprivileged Students At Alachua County Fair (4-H)

http://www.wuft.org/news/2013/10/29/local-family-lends-show-animals-to-underprivileged-students-at-fair/

Photographing wildlife and Florida’s natural places workshop scheduled for Nov. 16 (St. Lucie)

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/oct/29/photographing-wildlife-and-floridas-natural-places/

Fall Blooming Native Wildflowers ….. (Bay)

http://fosterfollynews.com/2013/10/30/fall-blooming-native-wildflowers/

Farmers' market returns (Sarasota – 2^nd page)

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20131030/ARCHIVES/310301009/-1/todayspaper?p=1&tc=pg

University of Florida Fort Pierce professor promoted (IRREC)

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/oct/29/university-of-florida-fort-pierce-professor-promot/

Things to do in Hernando County (8^th bulleted item)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/briefs/things-to-do-in-hernando-county/2149821

 

 

UF and other news:

Floridians' consumer confidence drops to 2-year low

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-florida-consumer-confidence-drops-20131029,0,4184021.story

India Bus Inferno Kills 45; Many Burned Alive

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/india-bus-inferno-kills-40-burned-alive-20722717

Homecoming 2014 only a three-day weekend, to be held in October

http://www.alligator.org/news/uf_administration/article_2768bf0a-4121-11e3-9d19-001a4bcf887a.html

Law school hangout has closed; Wilbert’s was an institution

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131029/ARTICLES/131029545?tc=cr

YMCA considers cutting programs if donations don't improve

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131029/ARTICLES/131029543?tc=cr