New tool helps strengthen local food systems
Effective food systems– which include the people, processes and places involved with moving food from local farm to plates – provide equity, sustainability, profitability and resiliency to communities. UF/IFAS researchers conducted a study to define key elements of community food system models and how to overcome the obstacles they face

08/12/2022

Decisions and Change: Applying Forces to Help You Decide
In Extension, and especially in life, we have decisions that we need to make. Many of us typically embrace change or loathe change

08/11/2022

Jackson County Bicentennial Celebration Festival – August 13
On August 13, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, the Jackson County Board of County Commissioners will host a Bicentennial Celebration Festival at the Ag Center located at 3631 US-90, Marianna FL. Jackson County was established on August 12, 1822, making it the third oldest County in Florida, and older than the state of Florida itself

08/11/2022

Monkeypox: Why do “neutral, non-discriminatory, and non-stigmatizing” disease names matter?
The name “monkeypox” ⎼ Viruela símica, 猴痘, variole du singe, vaiolo delle scimmie, Affenpocken, मंकीपॉक्स ⎼ is more than just a “misnomer”. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term “monkeypox”, first defined as “a smallpox occurring in monkeys and apes, especially as a result of deliberate inoculation

08/11/2022

Find Your Frugal: Save on school lunches
About this series Rising costs have brought on rising concerns. The ripple effects of the years-long COVID pandemic continue to surface in economies worldwide, from grocery shelves to gas pumps

08/11/2022

Farmer’s Market Tips
Market Joy Oh the joys of a local Farmer’s Market. I’ve been a farmer’s market attendee since I can remember

08/11/2022