Friday, February 9, 2024

UF/IFAS News: Space-grown plants return home, Florida 4-H at the state Capitol and more

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For the week beginning February 5, 2024

TIMELY NEWS

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Do you love to give your birds a little something to eat? February is National Bird Feeding Month. Our wildlife ecologists explain more about feeding our birds.

Recent research, programs, events and more.

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About 1,000 Florida 4-H youth met with state legislators on Tuesday to tell their success stories from their 4-H experience and to ask the legislature to revitalize their beloved 4-H camp, Camp Cherry Lake.

Florida 4-H has received an AmeriCorps service grant to expand environmental education programs to more K-12 students with outdoor learning. AmeriCorps members will serve at 4-H’s three camp education centers in Florida.

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‘Pinky Swear,’ ‘Wonderland’ and ‘Salsa.’ Those are the catchy names of the three new caladium varieties released by University of Florida researchers. 

To promote food security, a team of UF/IFAS faculty recently conducted a three-day training program in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to address the challenges of excess and lack of nutrients used for agricultural production.

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ET may have phoned home, but plants from a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) experiment were recently flown home from the International Space Station (ISS).

The 59th Annual Ag/Farm Tour and Luncheon, a popular tradition in the heartland of Miami-Dade County’s Homestead, will offer an up-close experience into South Florida’s agriculture and horticulture industries.

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From our blogs

A plant market and heart-healthy foods

Osceola Heritage Park hosts several events in 2024, including the free UF/IFAS Extension annual Spring 20224 Planet Market ,which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 24.

Valentine’s Day! A day full of love, hugs, and… chocolates? Well, this year we’re giving a twist to the Valentine’s menu. Instead of the regular heart-shaped candies, how about we fill our plates with foods that are actually good for our hearts?

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Best of the rest.

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‘Tis the season of love, and amid the heart hoopla, I am spreading my enduring affection for one of my favorite group of organisms: Bugs. About 1% of bugs fall into the pest category, leaving most as unsung heroes in your landscape. 

This graphic shows the times of year that Florida grows its top-quality fruits and vegetables.

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