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Agricultural safety center, UF/IFAS release heat-related illness toolkit

Megan WinslowJune 18th, 2024The Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS) and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have partnered to create an online toolkit to help protect agricultural workers from the summer heat. Last year’s sweltering summer temperatures convinced SCCAHS leadership that additional promotion about heat-related illness education could save […]

Summer Style! ABCs of Edible Gardening for Your Newcomer Kit

Mindy HanakJune 14th, 2024Yes, you CAN grow food in Florida year-round. BUT it is important to take a few things into consideration before taking the sweaty plunge into hot season vegetable gardening. Here we aim to share garden tasks and ideas that are seasonally appropriate for Florida in the summer. You can pick and choose what suits your […]

Don’t Forget to Take the Landscape Stakes Off Your Tropical Fruit Trees!

Jessica M. RyalsJune 12th, 2024Rainy season is almost here, and it’s a great time start planting tropical fruit trees. The consistent rain can help minimize the transplant shock that new trees experience and you may even be able to use less water to get your tree established, as long as the rain/irrigation applied is fairly consistent for those critical […]