Wednesday, April 30, 2014

UF/IFAS in the news, 4/30

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

 

Thirty-three faculty named UF Research Foundation Professors for 2014

http://news.ufl.edu/2014/04/29/top-research-professors-uf/

Florida's booming blueberry crop: Sweet, lucrative, finicky

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-blueberry-industry-expands-florida-20140429,0,5264909.story

How do you grow blueberries at home?

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-blueberry-how-to-grow-20140429,0,3120478.story

 

Peach-growing family feels the fuzz (Highlands)

http://highlandstoday.com/list/highlands-agri-leader-news/peach-growing-family-feels-the-fuzz-20140430/

 

Financial institutions, schools teaching children to save (Okaloosa)

http://www.crestviewbulletin.com/lifestyle/financial-institutions-schools-teaching-children-to-save-1.312351

 

Other news:

 

Environmental group releases 2014 “dirty dozen” list

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/04/environmental-working-group-releases-its-2014-dirty-dozen-list/#.U2DoHPldW-g

Okla. killer dies after botched execution

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/29/oklahoma-executions-drugs-lethal-injection/8476389/

Amid Donald Sterling Scandal, the Clippers Unite

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/donald-sterling-banished-focus-returns-basketball/story?id=23526110

 

Graduate assistants rally outside alumni hall

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140429/ARTICLES/140429554?Title=Graduate-assistants-rally-outside-alumni-hall

 

‘Farmland’ movie releases this week

http://www.morningagclips.com/index.php?cID=7019#.U2DpivldW-h

 

A Farm Grows in Brooklyn—on the Roof

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140429-farming-rooftop-gardening-brooklyn-grange-vegetables-science-food/?google_editors_picks=true

More may be victims of swim coach's abuse, police say

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140429/ARTICLES/140429562?tc=cr

 

Weather likely to remain unsettled until weekend

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140429/ARTICLES/140429547/1183?Title=Weather-likely-to-remain-unsettled-until-weekend

 

 

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