Agriculture/Horticulture Programs

An Introduction to Shared-Use Commercial Kitchens

Matthew Krug and Sarah Ellis

Knowing Your Product Costs: A Primer for Farmers and Food Entrepreneurs

Kevin Athearn, Mark Yarick, and Natasha Parks

This publication provides a basic introduction to product costing for farm businesses and food processing enterprises. It describes cost concepts, provides product costing examples, and briefly discusses software tools that can assist with cost analysis. The publication is intended to help farmers and food entrepreneurs understand product costing concepts and do their own cost calculations to assist with business decisions.

Hurricane Helene: Florida agricultural production losses top $40M, UF economists estimate

Megan Winslow

The UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program rapidly assesses the impacts to Florida agriculture following extreme weather events. The preliminary report for Hurricane Helene is newly released. The report estimates a credible range of losses between $40.3 million and $162.2 million. This range will be narrowed in a final report released in the coming months. The […]

Palm Beach County’s New Agriculture Safety Agent

Jenna Curtis

Hello! I am Jenna Curtis, the new Agriculture Safety Extension Agent for UF/IFAS Palm Beach County. I am a Florida native from Osceola County and graduated from the University of Florida with a major in Entomology. During my undergrad, I did research in urban entomology, veterinary entomology, and spider biology. I am also a proud […]

Meet the UF International Center Global Fellows 2025

Alejandro Sanchez

The Global Fellows Program is an initiative managed by the University of Florida’s (UF) International Center and partially funded by the Global Food Systems Institute (GFSI) that provides early-career faculty with a $5,000 seed grant, mentorship, and targeted workshops to enhance their international research efforts. This program is aimed at faculty within the first 10 […]