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This week’s featured video was produced by the UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC) to showcase the teamwork of farmers, UF/IFAS faculty and staff, FFA Chapters, Boy Scouts, food banks, and numerous community partners and sponsors that work together on the annual Farm to City project. This cooperative effort provides 800 needy …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2018/02/09/featured-video-uf-ifas-farm-to-city-project/
Santa Rosa County Extension Agents have worked closely with the Santa Rosa County Fair over the last five years to grow the livestock show. The Santa Rosa County Fair (SRC Fair) is held in April each year, but requires considerable planning throughout the year. The board has many sub-committees that focus on the various …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2017/10/27/future-livestock-producers-are-developed-through-local-livestock-shows/
Farmers and ranchers throughout Florida are working tirelessly to restore food and fiber production for our state and the nation after Hurricane Irma wreaked destruction on much of the state. The total economic loss for agriculture is expected to be in the billions.
Hurricane Irma significantly impacted Florida agriculture throughout the state. Florida Farm Bureau …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2017/09/22/farm-bureau-hurricane-irma-relief-fund-for-agriculture/
Last week the featured video highlighted the terrible damage to the Citrus Industry in Southwest Florida caused by Hurricane Irma. The damage from this storm was immense, but people all over the state are banding together to help people in need. This week’s featured video, published by UF/IFAS News, shares how more than 200 …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2017/09/22/friday-feature-uf-ag-students-pitch-in-with-irma-recovery/
Samantha Grenrock, UF/IFAS Communications Service
Thanks to a partnership of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension and the Florida Peanut Producers Association, food pantries from Pensacola to Monticello will receive thousands of jars of donated peanut butter this December.
“The Peanut Butter Challenge not only raises awareness about …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2016/12/16/ufifas-extension-peanut-butter-challenge-tackles-hunger-in-the-panhandle/
On Thursday August 21, 2014, twelve Innovative Farmers and Ranchers were recognized by University of Florida IFAS Extension and Farm Credit of Northwest Florida at the Jefferson County Opera House, in Monticello. This is the fourth year these two organizations have teamed up to honor a selection of the most innovative farmers from the Florida …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2014/09/12/yoder-family-escambia-county-agricultural-innovators/
On October 4th and 5th, as Panhandle residents watched the Weather Channel concerned about Tropical Storm Karen, you may have seen some footage that discussed the two to four feet of snow that fell in the Black Hills of South Dakota. What you may not have heard was how damaging the so called “Winter Storm …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2013/10/18/south-dakota-blizzard-devastates-ranchers/
The Peanut Butter Challenge has officially begun! From now through November 15th, drop off unopened jars of Peanut Butter to your local UF IFAS Extension office and have that jar matched by a donation of a jar from the Florida Peanut Producers Association. All peanut butter collected will be given to local food pantries in YOUR communities during …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2013/10/04/the-peanut-butter-challenge-is-underway-throughout-the-florida-panhandle/
