One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Morrill Act, which created the land‐grant university system, made higher education more accessible to more people, and promoted agricultural science and the mechanical arts. The University of Florida is proud to be a land grant university which supports the local Extension offices in all 67 counties of Florida. Extension and the land grant universities support education, research, and outreach. Today, the land‐grant system includes 107 institutions in all 50 states and several U.S. territories.
Today’s land grant fact:
Tired of watering, fertilizing, and mowing your lawn?
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Photo by Tyler Jones,
University of Florida, IFAS |
In 2010, UF/IFAS formally announced the release of perennial peanut as an attractive groundcover.
Used also to feed livestock, its dense green foliage and small yellow-orange flowers are popular in neighborhoods.
After IFAS researchers collected wild specimens in South America in the 1950s, they created two types of the new perennial peanut and gave the plants away to ensure genetic diversity.
Full article at http://news.ufl.edu/2010/06/29/perennial-peanut/
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