UF/IFAS in the news, 9/16

Good morning! Today’s UF/IFAS-related news:

 

Florida law helps fights to save dwindling honeybees

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/09/15/4350437/florida-law-helps-fights-to-save.html

Human Moon Colony: Boldly Grow Where No Man Has Grown Before

http://www.science20.com/inside_science/human_moon_colony_boldly_grow_where_no_man_has_grown_before-144841

Poisonous caterpillars lurking on south Florida trees (St. Lucie)

http://www.wpbf.com/news/poisonous-caterpillars-lurking-on-south-florida-trees/28073096

 

Free BQA Certification Training Through October 31 (Jackson)

http://growingfl.com/news/2014/09/free-bqa-certification-training-through-october-31/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=290960140f-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a00cf5c16f-290960140f-296612469

 

Yoder Family Escambia County Agricultural Innovators

http://growingfl.com/news/2014/09/yoder-family-escambia-county-agricultural-innovators/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=290960140f-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a00cf5c16f-290960140f-296612469

 

 

Other news:

 

 

Farmaceuticals

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/farmaceuticals-the-drugs-fed-to-farm-animals-and-the-risks-posed-to-humans/

UF under scrutiny for alleged unethical animal treatment since ‘11

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_7235b190-3d52-11e4-907b-2b968c487f4a.html

State approves $69 million for spring restoration projects

http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_443c48e2-3d54-11e4-a80e-775c8b124356.html

90 ejected, 8 arrested at game

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_53faede8-3c90-11e4-8a60-a3ca381e5475.html

 

Thrasher faces foes as he makes pitch for FSU presidency

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140915/WIRE/140919714/1182?Title=Thrasher-faces-foes-as-he-makes-pitch-for-FSU-presidency

 

Obama to send 3,000 troops to tackle Ebola

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/16/us-health-ebola-obama-idUSKBN0HB08S20140916

For the first time, there are more single American adults than married ones, and here’s where they live

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/09/15/for-the-first-time-there-are-more-single-american-adults-than-married-ones-and-heres-where-they-live/