UF/IFAS in the news, 6/10

Good morning! Today’s UF/IFAS news:

UF experiment returns from space

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_8cbffd6c-f050-11e3-bba9-001a4bcf887a.html

 

New crop of businesses show interest in local food growth (video)

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/25717486/new-crop-of-businesses-show-interest-in-local-food-growth

 

Sequencing of Citrus Genomes Points to Need for More Genetic Diversity to Fight Disease

http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2014/06/sequencing-citrus-genomes-points-need-more-genetic-diversity-fight-disease

Citrus genome analysis suggests need for genetic diversity

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8222/20140610/citrus-genome-analysis-suggests-need-for-genetic-diversity.htm

Study Says Consumers Have Trouble Distinguishing Between 'Local' and 'Organic' Food

http://www.theledger.com/article/20140609/NEWS/140609184

New website highlights fruit genome databases

https://news.wsu.edu/2014/06/09/new-website-highlights-fruit-genome-databases/#.U5b1XvldW-g

Calcium needs of peanuts

http://growingfl.com/news/2014/06/calcium-needs-peanuts/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=e1b9b8e128-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a00cf5c16f-e1b9b8e128-296612469

 

Garden events in Pasco for the weekend of June 13

http://www.tampabay.com/features/homeandgarden/garden-events-in-pasco-for-the-weekend-of-june-13/2183609

 

Other news:

UF hires 37 for Fall semester

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_fc66d452-f054-11e3-86a4-001a4bcf887a.html

 

New Guidebook Advises Consumers on Safely Buying, Preparing, Cooking and Storing Food

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/06/draft-new-book-advises-consumers-on-safely-buying-preparing-cooking-and-storing-food/#.U5bxF_ldW-g

 

Capture and Release: Is Sterilizing Wild Cats a Good Idea?

http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/capture-release-is-sterilizing-wild-cats-a-good-idea-140610.htm

 

Audit: More than 120,000 veterans waiting or never got care

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/09/politics/va-audit/

Antioxidant in Tomatoes Improves Blood Vessel Function

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/7490/20140610/antioxidant-tomatoes-improves-blood-vessel-function.htm

 

Killing a Patient to Save His Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/health/a-chilling-medical-trial.html?_r=0