FW: UF/IFAS in the news, 7/30

Good morning! Your UF/IFAS news roundup:

 

Florida Farm Bureau is First CALS Partner in Program to Support Students

http://growingfl.com/news/2014/07/florida-farm-bureau-first-cals-partner-program-support-students/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=82c146640a-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a00cf5c16f-82c146640a-296612469

 

UF/IFAS Study: When it Comes to Gluten-Free Diets, Unfounded Beliefs Abound

http://growingfl.com/news/2014/07/ufifas-study-when-it-comes-gluten-free-diets-unfounded-beliefs-abound/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=82c146640a-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a00cf5c16f-82c146640a-296612469

Sweeter And Healthier Strawberries

http://www.insidescience.org/content/sweeter-and-healthier-strawberries/1851

App unveiled for Florida-friendly plants

http://highlandstoday.com/list/highlands-agri-leader-news/app-unveiled-for-florida-friendly-plants-20140730/

Deadly Fungus Is Decimating Trees Throughout the Everglades

http://news.wgcu.org/post/deadly-fungus-decimating-trees-throughout-everglades

Field Corn Variety Tour Held

http://www.northescambia.com/2014/07/field-corn-variety-tour-held

 

Cities thinking ahead on marijuana (editorial/Extension mention)

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20140730/OPINION/140739977?p=1&tc=pg

 

Holmes County 4-H holding open meeting for new Livestock Club

http://fosterfollynews.com/2014/07/30/holmes-county-4-h-holding-open-meeting-for-new-livestock-club/

 

 

Other news:

 

Whole-Genome Sequencing Expected to Revolutionize Outbreak Investigations

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/07/whole-genome-sequencing-expected-to-revolutionize-outbreak-investigations/#.U9jcDPldW-g

 

USDA declares 15^th Farmers Market Week

http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/mesquite/2014/07/28/usda-declares-th-farmers-market-week/13303683/

Global authorities on alert over Ebola outbreak

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/30/ebola-fears-global-outbreak/13350607/

 

Survey ranks UF among ‘best schools for the money’

http://www.ocala.com/article/20140729/ARTICLES/140729620/-1/health?Title=Survey-ranks-UF-among-8216-best-schools-for-the-money-8217-

 

Q&A: Tax holiday starts Friday

http://staugustine.com/news/business/2014-07-29/qa-tax-holiday-starts-friday#.U9je3vldW-g

 

Construction to begin Monday along NW 34th St.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140729/ARTICLES/140729570