IFAS in the news, 2/20

Good morning. Here is your mid-week IFAS news roundup, some stories prompted by IFAS Communications news releases:

 

 

Roots of the Morrill Act (video)

http://growingfl.com/video/2013/02/ruth-borger-ifas/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=b6d515e21f-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email

UF study: Rainy season fertilizer bans may harm your grass (Brevard)

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130220/NEWS01/302200017/UF-study-Rainy-season-fertilizer-bans-may-harm-your-grass

 

Cold and Warm Weather can Affect Florida Agriculture (Leon)

http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Cold-and-Warm-Weather-can-Cause-Damage-with-Agriculture--191963891.html

Report finds Floridians value water resources, want to conserve

 

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-floridians-resources.html

 

Geneticists Think They Can Fix Tasteless Tomatoes

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/can-geneticists-rewind-the-tasteless-tomato/

 

Florida Sea Grant Projects Research Lionfish Eradication

http://www.odumagazine.com/fishingnews/2013/02/florida-sea-grant-projects-research-lionfish-eradication/

New plant diseases a threat

 

http://www2.highlandstoday.com/business/agri-leader/2013/feb/20/lrnewso2-new-plant-diseases-a-threat-ar-638516/

 

 

 

UF, local/national news and sports:

Panel discussion examines diversity in UF classrooms and curriculum

http://news.ufl.edu/2013/02/19/uf-diversity/

Justices Take Case on Overall Limit to Political Donations

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/us/politics/supreme-court-to-hear-campaign-finance-case.html?_r=0

Drug overdose deaths up for 11th consecutive year

 

http://www.tampabay.com/news/nation/drug-overdose-deaths-up-for-11th-consecutive-year/1275855

 

Ethanol bill clears committee by a single vote

http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=31617062

Gas prices reach record high for February, will increase

 

http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_36cdd3f8-7b20-11e2-8c1a-0019bb2963f4.html

Alachua schools to get weeklong Thanksgiving break

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130219/ARTICLES/130219512/1183?Title=Alachua-schools-to-get-weeklong-Thanksgiving-break

Florida surrenders double-digit lead in road loss to Missouri

http://www.alligator.org/sports/basketball/article_d2bbedb6-7b22-11e2-acfc-001a4bcf887a.html