University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With revenues from U.S. organic food sales climbing by almost 20 percent each year, the demand for skilled workers in this field is booming – and a new University of Florida academic program will help meet producers’ needs.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers are releasing three new peanut varieties - two of them named for former university administrators - that they hope will give a market-dominant Georgia peanut some hearty competition.