University of Florida; Tropical Research & Education Center

Sunday: CLOSED
Monday: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED

Address: 18905 SW 280 ST, Homestead, FL, 33031
Website: https://ifas.ufl.edu/
Email: webteam@ifas.ufl.edu
Phone: (786) 877-7098

Description of Products or Services:

The Mission of UF/IFAS is to develop knowledge in agricultural, human, and natural resources, and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life.

UF/IFAS OVERVIEW

The University of Florida’s Institute of food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life of science.

UF/IFAS fulfills the university’s land grant mission – working to enhance and sustain the quality of human life through its research facilities, extenstion services offered in every Florida county, and top-ranked education at the UF college of Agricultural and Life sciences.

These endeavors combined contributed 9.6 billion to the state economy in 2018. From that figure, UF/IFAS specifically contributed 8 million.

In addition, research, teaching, and Extenson, efforts help sustain and support 8,862 jobs across the Sunshine state. Specifically, UF/IFAS employs more than 2,000 faculty and staff statewide, Including 375 Extension agents. These professionals work from UF/IFAS offices in each of Florida’s 67 counties, as well as at the University of Florida main campus in Gainesville

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