This series has been superceded by the <a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/entity/topic/series_vts">Volunteer Training Series (VTS)</a>.

4-H 101 Fact Sheets

4-H 101 Fact sheets (en espanol)

4-H Afterschool Guide

4-H Financial Management Fact Sheets

The Florida 4-H Livestock Judging Curriculum (4H ASJ 20), a part of the OUR LIVING WORLD curriculum framework, includes the basic premise that judging actvities provide youth with an excellent opportunity to develop communication, decision making and organizational skills, and enhance their confidence and self esteem. The 4-H Animal Science program provides an opportunity for young people to practice a variety of life skills while learning subject matter. Additional resources can be found on the <a href="https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/youth/livestock/livestock-evaluation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UF/IFAS Deparmtent of Animal Sciences Livestock Evaluation</a> website.

4-H Livestock Judging Curriculum

Plant Connections&nbsp;is designed to help children 9 to 11 years old in grades 3 through 5 understand the role plants play in our lives and how to grow and care for them. This curriculum provides youth an interface between learning specific plant-related subject matter and having fun in group environments that encourage and facilitate life skill development.

4-H Plant Connections Curriculum

<h2>Welcome to the 4-H Volunteer Training Series</h2>
This series contains a wealth of information, from how to start a club, to planning field trips, to how to work with youth. Other publications referred to in the series may be available from the state 4-H website (<a href="http://florida4h.org" target="_blank">http://florida4h.org</a>) or from your county 4-H staff. This series is intended to provide the information you need to be successful as a 4-H volunteer and, especially, to start and lead a 4-H club.

4-H Volunteer Training Series (VTS)

A Beginner's Guide to Begonias

AFDO Retail Processing Guides series

This is a "historical" navigation page reflecting the structure of an older version of the EDIS website. Most users will find the <a href="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_extension_agents">Extension Agent Training and Resources</a> topic page to be a more useful starting point for current resources for agents. Additionally, training and program development materials that are primarily applicable internally to UF/IFAS are more likely to be found on the PDEC website at <a href="http://pdec.ifas.ufl.edu/">http://pdec.ifas.ufl.edu/</a>.

Ag Agent Handbook

Aging in the 21st Century publications were originally developed in 2003 by faculty at the University of Florida as part of a distance education training program for UF/IFAS Extension faculty.

Aging in the 21st Century series

Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change series

Alimentacion Saludable series

Alternative Opportunities for Small Farms series

Appendix (Florida Forage Handbook)

This new version of the Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems: Leader's Activity Guide was initiated by Dr. Joy Jordan, former 4-H Curriculum specialist (retired), and completed by Karen Blyler, state 4-H science coordinator. 
Review and editorial assistance was provided by Dr. Maia McGuire and Chris Verlinde of the Florida Sea Grant College Program; and editorial and layout assistance was provided by Katie Profeta, a UF graduate student. The revisions were made possible through funding by the Florida Sea Grant College Program.

Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems curriculum

Aquatic Toxicology Notes series

Food diversity, nutritional food supply, and profitability are the priorities for Florida's growers. For this reason, a number of new vegetable crops are rapidly emerging: there are more than 20 Asian vegetable crops grown across Florida. Due to our favorable climate, these vegetable crops grow well and have high market potential. The fact sheets in this series each provide a general overview of a specific Asian vegetable crop grown in Florida.

Asian Vegetables Emerging in Florida series

Ask IFAS en español

Ask IFAS publications in Haitian Creole.

Ask IFAS piblikasyon an kreyòl ayisyen

Ask IFAS Publicações em Portugues

Basic Botany (MG)

This financial management program curriculum, originally written in 2006 by Josephine Turner, has been archived and is no longer available on EDIS. PDFs are available for reference purposes in the <a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/l/fao1/contains/?t=Become+Captain of your financial ship,,,&amp;f=TI,+TI,+AU,+TO">UF Digital Library</a>. 

Consumer debt is a major problem for many families. They have more debt than they can pay. Savings are at an all-time low, and personal bankruptcy is at an all-time high. Financial literacy is a problem nationwide for both adults and young people. This manual was written for Florida's debtor education program and approved by the Department of Justice to fulfill the education requirement of the bankruptcy law. It is designed to provide information which will help participants learn to better manage their available resources. There are four units: Charting the Course, Trimming the Sails, Standing Watch, and Staying the Course.

Become Captain of Your Financial Ship curriculum

Before You Tie The Knot series

In an ongoing quest to bridge the information gap between the scientific community and Florida's citizenry, LAKEWATCH has assembled this series of information circulars that provide a basic introduction to the terminology and concepts used in today's water management arena.

Beginner's Guide to Water Management series

Have you noticed food labels in our grocery stores over the last 10 years? They have changed significantly and sometimes read like a science textbook with new nutrition jargon. One newer term we see on products is &quot;gluten free.&quot; Are you an inquisitive consumer who asks what the big deal is about gluten free? Ask no more; This three-part series provides straightforward information for retailers and consumers and basic facts about gluten and gluten-free. Areas discussed include how to identify the need for gluten-free products in the community, how to select high-quality and safe gluten-free products, how to develop a basic understanding of how gluten-free products are made, how to market the products, and how to build an informed knowledge base with staff and the community. 
These publications have been archived in the <a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/fao1">UF Digital Library</a>.

Being Smart About Gluten and Gluten-Free Issues series

Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Citrus Grove Workers series

Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area series

Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area series (en espanol)

Biological control with Insects series

Biology and Management of Weeds in Fruiting Vegetables, Cucurbits, and Strawberries series

Blood Feeding Insects series

Breast Cancer series

Budgeting Costs and Returns for Florida Citrus Production

This series aims to help Florida residents understand what they need to know before buying, building, or remodeling a home.

Builder, Remodeler, and Home Buyer Knowledge series

Building a Spending Plan series

Building for Birds series

Few people would argue with the assertion that existing businesses are important to the local economy. Over the last two decades studies have documented the impact of existing businesses on job growth. Other studies have examined the impact of businesses on maintaining strong local economies through investments in the social fabric of the community. This ten part series provides information about establishing Business Retention and Expansion programs.

Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Programs series

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture series

Cetaceans 4th Grade curriculum

Choose MyPlate series

This online circular explains basic ecological principles for the urban forest's water, soil, plant and animal communities. They discuss problems common in the urban forest such as aquatic eutrophication, soil aeration, invasive plants and loss of biodiversity. Solutions, strategies, examples, and additional resources are presented to help make urban forest restoration projects successful.

Circular 1266: Restoring the Urban Forest Ecosystem

Citrus Diseases Exotic to Florida series

Citrus Nursery Production Guide

The purpose of this series of quick guides is to give the general public and citrus growers basic knowledge regarding pests affecting citrus in Florida.

Citrus Pest Quick Guides series

Citrus Quick Reference Guide Series

To maintain a viable citrus industry, Florida growers must consistently and economically produce large, high-quality fruit crops from year to year. Efficiently producing maximum yields of high-quality fruit is difficult without understanding soil and nutrient requirements of bearing citrus trees. This series of publications reviews the nutrient requirements of citrus trees.

Citrus Tree Nutrient series

Helping people adopt behaviors to improve social, economic, and environmental conditions is central to Extension&rsquo;s mission. Extension is tasked with consistently evolving and remaining relevant to meet the current needs of diverse audiences. This evolution can be seen in the shift from a one-way delivery of singular mass messages to a more refined, participatory approach where specific audience needs are met through targeted, tailored programming (Monaghan et al., 2014; Warner et al., 2019). Cluster analysis is a quantitative technique that can be used to identify audience subgroups so that tailored education and communications can be designed. This series is for Extension professionals or other social scientists&nbsp;working in any disciplinary area who want to understand how cluster analysis is used or are considering using it themselves.&nbsp;
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Cluster Analysis for Extension and Other Behavior Change Practitioners series

This series on Coalition Building was developed by the Ohio Center for Action on Coalition Development for Family and High Risk Youth, Richard Clark, PhD, Director. It has been adapted for UF/IFAS Extension Faculty in Florida to facilitate work with local and regional organizations and groups such as non-profits, cooperatives, county extension associations, and others that might benefit from a plan for working together to achieve support for mutual goals.

Coalition Building series

Common Freshwater Fish Parasites series

Citrus budgets have been tabulated annually for the Central, Southwest and Indian River citrus production regions of Florida, representing the most current comparative cost estimates for Florida citrus.
<h3>UF/IFAS Resources</h3>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/economics/">Citrus Economics (CREC)</a>: Citrus budgets from 2003 to the present.</li>
<li><a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/contains/?t=,citrus+budgets">UF Digital Collections</a>: Citrus budgets from 1999 to 2002.</li></ul>

Comparative Citrus Budgets

Conducting the Needs Assessment series

Conservation Subdivisions series

This series describes the occurrence, toxic effects and sources of various contaminants in the environment and provides guidance on ways to protect human and environmental health. It is written for state and local government officials, soil scientists, medical professionals, consulting engineers, Extension agents, and citizens in mind.

Contaminants in the Urban Environment series

Cooperative Extension Volunteer Teacher series

Coping with a Money Crunch series

Creating Effective Visual Communications series

Cull cattle are those that are sold from a herd for lack of performance, lack of resources, or genetic improvement The non-fed beef cattle market (cattle that are not managed through traditional feedlot finishing systems) is comprised primarily of cull cows and bulls. To address liability and food safety concerns, this series of articles discusses some quality defects identified in the non-fed beef market, how to prevent them, and how to address them when they appear in cattle.

Cull Cow Beef Quality Issues series

forthcoming: Winter 2019. Contact: <a href="https://directory.ifas.ufl.edu/searchdir?SearchEmp=schumaw%40ufl.edu&amp;B2=Search&amp;pageID=0&amp;selectID=1&amp;m=0" target="_blank">Arnold Schumann</a>

CUPS Production Guide

The Dairy Business Analysis Project (DBAP) involves analyses and benchmarking of the financial performance of dairy businesses in Florida and Georgia. DBAP has been suspended since 2010 with the retirements of Russ Giesy (Florida) and Lane Ely (Georgia). No benchmark and summary reports are currently developed. We still offer individual cost of production and profitability analysis for dairy producers. See the <a href="http://dairy.ifas.ufl.edu/dbap/">Dairy Business Analysis Project website</a> for more information.

Dairy Business Analysis Project

De Compras para La Salud series

Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas series

This series of four fact sheets helps teachers and parents protect children from potentially hazardous interactions with venomous snakes in Florida. Written with Florida public schools in mind, private schools, child daycare centers, and homeowners will also find this information useful, including:
<ol>
<li>information that schools can provide to concerned parents</li> 
<li>steps schools can take to discourage snakes from entering school property</li>
<li>a brief educational program teachers can present to students</li>
<li>an action plan telling what to do in the event a child is bitten by a venomous snake, and</li>
<li>a guide to assist in recognizing venomous snakes in Florida.</li></ol>
<h2>Related websites</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/dealing_with_snakes.shtml">UF Wildlife: Dealing with Snakes</a></li></ul>

Dealing with Venomous Snakes in Florida School Yards series

Developing Skills for Youthful Leaders series

Diseases in Sugarcane (Sugarcane Handbook)

Diseases in the Florida Vegetable Garden series

Agriculture, natural resources, and food industries remain a significant force in the economy of Florida, and it is important to recognize the economic contributions of these industries to ensure informed public policy. The economic contributions of these industries are evaluated for each calendar year to update previous reports and provide current information on economic trends.

Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Industries in Florida series

Education + Action = Wind Damage Mitigation series

Education + Action = Wind Damage Mitigation series (en espanol)

Education + Action = Wind Damage Mitigation series (in Haitian Creole)

The Elder Companion training program is designed to train people interested in becoming employed by local service providers as sitter/companions for the elderly. The objective of the program is to help participants develop the necessary skills to provide high-quality care including: assistance with daily living activities (DLAs), home management services, and companionship for the elderly adult.

This training course is preparatory to studying to become a certified nursing assistant (CNA).

Elder Companion Training Program series

Elder Nutrition and Food Safety Program (ENAFS)

This series of seven fact sheets helps Florida Extension professionals understand residents who use irrigation in their home landscapes so they can more effectively promote water-saving practices and technologies. Supported by the UF/IFAS Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology, this collaborative UF/IFAS effort was developed by a team from the following units:
<ul><li><a href="http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/clce/">Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.piecenter.com">Center for Public Issues Education</a></li>
<li><a href="http://aec.ifas.ufl.edu">Department of Agricultural Education and Communication</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu">Department of Family, Youth, and Consumer Sciences</a></li></ul>

Encouraging Landscape Water Conservation Behaviors Series

Energy Efficient Homes series

Energy Equity Programming for Extension series

Engaging Volunteers through ISOTURES series

Entomology (MG)

This series is intended to assist Florida homeowners with managing their landscapes to reduce environmental impacts. This is a joint publication of multiple departments and programs in UF/IFAS, including the <a href="http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu/">Florida-Friendly Landscaping&#8482; program</a>, the <a href="http://soils.ifas.ufl.edu/">Department of Soil and Water Science</a>, the <a href="http://hort.ufl.edu/">Environmental Horticulture Department</a>, and the <a href="http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/clce/">Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology</a>. These fact sheets were produced with support from the <a href="http://www.ftga.org/">Florida Turfgrass Association</a> through a <a href="http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Business-Services/Grant-Opportunities/Florida-Specialty-Crop-Block-Grant-Program">Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Specialty Crops Block Grant</a>.

Environmental Landscape Management series

The veterinarians of the University of Florida <a href="http://largeanimal.vethospitals.ufl.edu/services/equine-lameness/">Equine Lameness &amp; Imaging Service</a> specialize in the treatment and rehabilitation of poor performance in sport horses. This series of one-page full color fact sheets describes various diagnostic and imaging services available for diagnosing and treating lameness issues in horses.

Equine Lameness and Imaging Service series

Estate Planning series

ET-Based Irrigation Scheduling for Agriculture series

This publication series is designed to outline strategies and experiences to expose and engage youth with leadership concepts. These low-cost, quick activities can be used for implementation by Extension professionals, 4-H volunteers, or youth counselors. These activities are best suited for students aged 10 to 18. However, modifications are included for each of the activities to allow for different group sizes, ages, and abilities of the youth involved.

Exemplary Youth Leadership series

Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP)

Extension Marketing series

Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Risks to People and Animals series

Fall Prevention series (ENAFS)

Family Album Radio Transcripts

Family Nutrition Program (FNP)

Family Youth and Community Sciences Extension Programs

Featured Creatures (en espanol)

Founded in 1996, Featured Creatures provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms. The collection is a cooperative venture of the University of Florida's <a href="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/">Entomology and Nematology Department</a> and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' <a href="http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/">Division of Plant Industry</a>. The publications on EDIS are alternate versions of pages published first on the <a href="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/">Featured Creatures website</a>.

Featured Creatures collection

Federal Regulation of the Food Industry series

UF/IFAS is a collaborating member of the <a href="https://southernfireexchange.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Southern Fire Exchange</a>. which strives to improve access to and usefulness of southern fire science information.&nbsp;<a href="https://southernfireexchange.org/publications/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SFE Publication and Fact Sheets</a>&nbsp;cover the following topics: Fire Ecology and Effects, Fire Science Information, Programs and Resources, Prescribed Fire, Public Education, Smoke Management, Air Quality and Weather, and Wildfire.

Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface series

This series&nbsp;seeks to help consumers make a knowledge-based decision when choosing their seafood.

Fish and Human Nutrition series

Fish Health Management Considerations in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems series

Study manuals are no longer available on EDIS. Instead, use the <a href="http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/mastergardener/outreach/plant_id/index.shtml">Plant Identification Learning Module</a> on the Florida Master Gardener website.

Florida 4-H Horticultural Identification and Judging

This is a series of 4-H learning activities in support of the <a href="http://florida4h.org/programsandevents_/animalscience/4-h-tailgating-contest/">Florida 4-H Tailgating contest</a>. The program aims to promote enjoyable outdoor cooking experiences, encourage the incorporation of animal protein in the diet in order to combat childhood obesity, improve youth nutritional knowledge and cooking skills, and impart knowledge about safe handling and proper degree of doneness to produce safe and delicious meat dishes.

Florida 4-H Tailgate series

Circular 1139 is a multi-part handbook that helps Floridians recognize which agricultural and household activities may involve solid and hazardous wastes. It also provides an introduction to the agencies and statutes that govern solid and hazardous waste disposal.&nbsp;

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