UF/IFAS in the news for Sept.22, 2014

Good Monday morning! Here’s your UF/IFAS news for 09/22/2014:

 

Column: Buy local and help Florida's citrus industry (opinion)

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/column-buy-local-and-help-floridas-citrus-industry/2198377

 

A Good Year For Crocodiles In The Everglades

http://www.southdadenewsleader.com/news/florida_city/a-good-year-for-crocodiles-in-the-everglades/article_1e14dbe8-3f43-11e4-95ac-001a4bcf6878.html

Goliath grouper harvest becoming popular idea

http://www.news-press.com/story/life/outdoors/2014/09/20/goliath-grouper-harvest-becoming-popular-idea/15925129/

 

Seminar to offer tips on dealing with bears (Highlands)

http://www.newssun.com/news/article_2f4135f3-cfc2-5c15-b74f-b284050cfd13.html

 

Study of native plants helps you know what to grow where (Okaloosa)

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/lifestyle/columns/larry-williams/study-of-native-plants-helps-you-know-what-to-grow-where-1.376209

 

Citrus disease, development claiming local groves

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-south-florida-citrus-aid-20140919,0,2977971.story

 

 

Master Gardeners, library will present vegetable lecture (Martin)

http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=119842

Edible Garden Fest will be Sept. 20

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/life/home-garden/spaces/2014/09/19/edible-garden-fest-will-sept/15893759/

Once-homeless horticulture library rooted again (Lee)

http://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/amy-williams/2014/09/20/homeless-horticulture-library-rooted/15964569/

 

Are business leaders invited to network with horse industry

http://www.ftboa.com/fl-equine-pub/w2w/3366-area-business-leaders-invited-to-network-with-horse-industry

 

Poison ivy is sticky business

http://www.ocala.com/article/20140920/COLUMNISTS/140919702/-1/news08

 

Monarch butterfly migration ready to begin although numbers greatly thinned

http://members.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-09-21/story/monarch-butterfly-migration-ready-begin-although-numbers-greatly-thinned

 

DeLand’s Ranch Raider member wins 4-H scholarship (Volusia)

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20140914/NEWS09/140919858

Fall Gardening Tips

http://www.northescambia.com/2014/09/fall-gardening-tips-2

Do You Know Your Numbers? (Jefferson)

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/chronicle/2014/09/21/know-numbers/15998589/

 

Enjoy the annual Yard and Garden Show (Collier)

http://www.news-press.com/story/life/home-garden/2014/09/20/enjoy-annual-yard-garden-show/15964991/

 

Oct. 4th: Art & Garden Family Fall Festival  (Gadsden)

http://fosterfollynews.com/2014/09/22/oct-4th-art-garden-family-fall-festival/

 

University of Florida/IFAS Findings Shed Light on Seagrass Needs

http://www.thefishingwire.com/story/329059

 

UF, other news:

University of Florida Center helps student veterans with college plans

http://www.local10.com/news/university-of-florida-center-helps-student-veterans-with-college-plans/28169874

 

University of Florida incubator gets national economic development recognition

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/morning-edition/2014/09/university-of-florida-incubator-gets-national.html

GatorWell introduces programs to prevent sexual violence

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_994087c0-420b-11e4-940a-bfdc36b1cfa1.html

LoudCloud Announces New Partnership with University of Florida, Lastinger Center

http://news.money.ca/2014/09/19/loudcloud-announces-new-partnership-with-university-of-florida-lastinger-center/

 

Rockefeller fund to drop investments in fossil fuels

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/09/22/rockefeller-fund-to-drop-investments-in-fossil-fuels.html