UF/IFAS Receives $1 Million Grant to Explore Automation in Nursery Industry

UF’s role in this grant includes evaluating herbicide, pesticide and fertilizer application equipment and testing people’s perceptions of and willingness to adopt new strategies related to automation.

UF/IFAS Extension Partners with Pizzeria to Teach Composting Basics

Workshops cost $5-10 and normally include pizza from the restaurant. Perched atop five-gallon buckets, they gather around Hébert as he progresses through five modules: food scraps; identification of “brown” and “green” composting sources; pile creation; pile maintenance; and microscopy.