F.R.E. Lunch: The Food and Resource Economics Podcast
UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics
22 episodes
1 week ago
Did you know that the University of Florida is home to the largest student run plant sale in the United States? Each December, the Environmental Horticulture Club sells thousands of Poinsettias to fund their organization's activities year-round, but the work actually starts all the way back in August when they first receive the plants to raise. To learn more about the logistics behind this plant sale, and why people value ornamental plants to begin with, we're joined by Erin Alvarez, UF lectu...
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Did you know that the University of Florida is home to the largest student run plant sale in the United States? Each December, the Environmental Horticulture Club sells thousands of Poinsettias to fund their organization's activities year-round, but the work actually starts all the way back in August when they first receive the plants to raise. To learn more about the logistics behind this plant sale, and why people value ornamental plants to begin with, we're joined by Erin Alvarez, UF lectu...
How Potential Disease Outbreaks Could Impact the United States Cattle Industry: The Economic Considerations
F.R.E. Lunch: The Food and Resource Economics Podcast
14 minutes
1 year ago
How Potential Disease Outbreaks Could Impact the United States Cattle Industry: The Economic Considerations
This month's episode of F.R.E. Lunch: The Food and Resource Economics Podcast explores the potential threats posed by a zoonotic disease outbreak to the U.S. Cattle Industry and provides a unique look into the undergraduate research opportunities available to UF/IFAS College of Agriculture & Life Sciences students looking to complete an honors thesis project. In this episode, Shelby Sumner, a Spring 2024 alumnus of the Food and Resource Economics Program and current graduate student ...
F.R.E. Lunch: The Food and Resource Economics Podcast
Did you know that the University of Florida is home to the largest student run plant sale in the United States? Each December, the Environmental Horticulture Club sells thousands of Poinsettias to fund their organization's activities year-round, but the work actually starts all the way back in August when they first receive the plants to raise. To learn more about the logistics behind this plant sale, and why people value ornamental plants to begin with, we're joined by Erin Alvarez, UF lectu...
