Vol. 15, No. 3/ Spring 2000

• South Florida Focus: Putting FLORIDA FIRST (pdf file 8mb)
  
  
• Perspective
  A message from the VP for Agriculture & Natural Resources
  
  
• Urban Focus
  The Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center helps solve environmental
  problems and enhances the quality of life in South Florida.
  
  
• Everglades Agricultural Area
  Best management practices help farmers protect environmentally sensitive areas.
  
  
• Education at Your Doorstep
  With new distance education technologies, UF's College of Agricultural and Life
  Sciences offers classes statewide.
  
  
• Southernmost Solutions
  Located in Homestead, the Tropical Research and Education Center is the only
  university facility of its kind in the continental United States.
  
  
• A Salty Problem
  Algae blooms provide a sign that something's amiss with fragile Florida Bay.
  
  
• Putting down roots
  4-H project turns barren land into a garden.
  
  

• Affordable Housing
  Dreams come true in Collier County through a collaboration of UF/IFAS extension,
  banks and county government.
  
  

• Eat better, live better
  A Hialeah nutrition education program helps the Hispanic population make the most
  of limited resources.
  
  

• UF/IFAS Updates
  Florida Earth Project
       Students and professionals can learn about Florida's environmental issues.
  Ask the master
       Florida ecotourism gets help from Master Naturalists.
  Silicon success
       New research indicates this element controls diseases and boosts crop yields.
  
  
  

• UF/IFAS Resources