UF/IFAS in the news, 10/2

Good morning. Here is your mid-week UF/IFAS news roundup:

Emergency responders learn about the dangers of agroterrorism (Hernando)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/emergency-responders-learn-about-the-dangers-of-agroterrorism/2144830

Calendar: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 (Escambia)

http://www.pnj.com/article/20131002/ENTERTAINMENT/310020002/Calendar-Wednesday-Oct-2-2013

Get Wise To Blueberry Water Use

http://www.growingproduce.com/article/35597/get-wise-to-blueberry-water-use

St. Lucie County Master Gardeners host plant sale Oct. 12

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/oct/01/st-lucie-county-master-gardeners-host-plant-sale-o/

 

Ag calendar of events (Highlands)

 

http://highlandstoday.com/hi/local-news/ag-calendar-of-events-20131002/

Home and Garden Show this weekend in St Augustine

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400558/ginny-stibolt/2013-10-01/home-and-garden-show-weekend-st-augustine

Art, legal advice, gardening on October agenda at the library (Lee, sixth item in string)

http://www.news-press.com/article/20131002/NEWS0103/310020003/Art-legal-advice-gardening-October-agenda-library

Pasco garden notebook for Oct. 2

http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/events/pasco-garden-notebook-for-oct-2/2144914

 

 

 

UF and other news:

As second day of shutdown starts, no solution in sight

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/01/20777759-as-second-day-of-shutdown-starts-no-solution-in-sight?lite

UFPD publishes annual security and safety report

http://news.ufl.edu/2013/10/01/security-and-safety-report/

Doing research on Affordable Care Act could benefit students who don't know their health insurance situation

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_eaf1713e-2b22-11e3-ab66-001a4bcf887a.html

Silver Springs opens as a new state park

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131001/ARTICLES/131009968?tc=cr