UF/IFAS news for 11/26

Happy early Thanksgiving everyone! Here’s your UF/IFAS news for 11/26:

 

Florida Farm Bureau, agriculture specialists provide produce to students (Okaloosa)

http://www.crestviewbulletin.com/education/florida-farm-bureau-agriculture-specialists-provide-produce-to-students-1.240035

 

Garden Q&A: Old pecan trees will need care -- and cash (Duval)
http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/home-and-garden/2013-11-25/story/garden-qa-old-pecan-trees-will-need-care-and-cash

 

Christmas Trees 101: Picking the perfect tree (Duval)

http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/home-and-garden/2013-11-25/story/christmas-trees-101-picking-perfect-tree

 

Citrus rootstock field day to be Dec. 12

http://southeastagnet.com/2013/11/25/citrus-rootstock-field-day-to-be-dec-12/

 

Get medieval (Pinellas, under “Thursday” in string)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/briefs/get-medieval/1020461

 

 

 

Here is a sampling other news going on at UF, around Florida and globally:

 

Sanford teen awaiting heart transplant after receiving temporary total artificial heart

http://news.ufl.edu/2013/11/25/syncardia/

 

Holiday travelers to get sticker shock at the pumps

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131125/ARTICLES/131129734/1183?Title=Holiday-travelers-to-get-sticker-shock-at-the-pumps

 

Federal Alliance for Safe Homes Announces University of Florida "MitiGators" as Winners of RenaissanceRe $20,000 Challenge

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/federal-alliance-for-safe-homes-announces-university-of-florida-mitigators-as-winners-of-renaissancere-20000-challenge-233305321.html

 

Alzheimer's researchers shift their focus from treatment to prevention

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131125/ARTICLES/131129701/1182?Title=Alzheimer-s-researchers-shift-their-focus-from-treatment-to-prevention

 

Lessons in living the good life here

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131126/GMAG/131129835/-1/news300

 

Can the U.S. and Iran bring the deal home?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/can-the-us-and-iran-bring-the-deal-home/article15589390/

 

Gainesville ranked fifth best small metro in the country

http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_5451133e-565f-11e3-adc7-001a4bcf887a.html

 

Black Friday to include discounted cat adoptions in Butler Plaza

http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_41e16a60-565e-11e3-95ab-001a4bcf887a.html

 

Newtown shooter Adam Lanza acted alone, had no clear motive: report

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/25/newtown-shooter-acted-alone-had-no-clear-motive/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

 

Thanksgiving travelers cast wary eye as storm packing snow, freezing rain, sleet heads east

http://www.startribune.com/nation/233296531.html

 

'Late starters' still have much to gain by exercising

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25087047