UF/IFAS in the news, 3/17

Good morning! Stay dry, Happy St. Patrick’s Day and here’s today’s UF/IFAS news:

 

Officials give up on evicting pythons — big but nearly invisible in the wild — from Everglades

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/big-but-nearly-invisible-in-the-wild-officials-give-up-on-evicting-pythons-from-everglades/2014/03/16/58cab268-aa37-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html

 

UF/IFAS part of $4.9 million national child obesity study

http://news.ufl.edu/2014/03/17/child-obesity-study/

 

Martin County Community Calendar, updated 3/17 (fifth item)

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2014/mar/17/martin-county-community-calendar-updated-march/

 

Optimism gives Home Show a lift

 

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140315/ARTICLES/140319657?p=1&tc=pg

 

Lee County, Florida Urban Farm Tour Part 1: Estero’s Better Food Farm

http://beforeitsnews.com/food-and-farming/2014/03/lee-county-florida-urban-farm-tour-part-1-esteros-better-food-farm-2461752.html

What’s wrong with my avocado tree?

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/14/3995023/whats-wrong-with-my-avocado-tree.html

Lawn care for absentee owners (Marion)

 

http://www.ocala.com/article/20140315/COLUMNISTS/140319852

 

Gardening: Time is ripe for tomatoes (Duval)
http://members.jacksonville.com/entertainment/home-and-garden/2014-03-13/story/gardening-time-ripe-tomatoes

The Birds And the Bees and the Pollinators (Science Ink Sunday – blog feature)

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/03/16/the-birds-and-the-bees-and-the-pollinator-syndrome-science-ink-sunday/

 

 

Other news:

 

 

Beer distributors, brewers grumble over growlers

 

http://www.floridatoday.com/viewart/20140317/NEWS01/303170009/Beer-distributors-brewers-grumble-over-growlers

 

 

Results vary widely when Sun asks universities for records

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140315/ARTICLES/140319659/1002/news01?p=1&tc=pg

 

Machen ends law school dean search, recommends interim instead

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140314/ARTICLES/140319713/-1/news300