JUNE 2007
14625 CR 672, Wimauma,FL 33598
(813) 634-0000

God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage
to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know...it's me!    John G. Miller

Welcome New Faculty!

We welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Gurpal Toor.  Dr. Toor will be taking the position of Assistant Professor of Soil and Water Landscape Remediation as part of the “Center for Landscape Ecology” initiative.  He will be joining us June 15.  Dr. Toor received his B.S. in Agriculture and M.S. in Soil Science from Punjab Agricultural University. He received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Lincoln University in Canterbury, New Zealand in 2002.  His research during the past five years has focused on US Agriculture and industry’s most formidable problems of surface and sub-surface water quality.  He has been a Research Associate with the University of Arkansas since 2005.
 

GCREC Hosts 2007 UF-IFAS/Embrapa Postharvest Horticulture Technical Tour
This group of Brazilian growers was treated to a tour and presentation of the Gulf Coast REC by Dr. Natalia Peres, as one of their stops in a visit that was organized by Dr. Steve Sargent, from the Hort. Dept., and Dr. Celso Moretti, from Embrapa (Brazilian research institute - equivalent to USDA here). The goal of the visit was to learn about postharvest procedures and techniques used here in the US. There were about 18 people among researchers, growers and students. After their stop at the Center, they visited West Coast Tomatoes, Dundee Citrus Growers, Cutrale, Farmers Market, Dimare, Publix, among others.

2..... Jim Sumler
15…..Leticia Gonzalez
16…. Catalina Moyer
16…..Dash Taborsky
16…..Joel Parlin
17…..Abul Rabbany
17…..Jim Price
22…..Don Maynard

School's out -- let the fun and vacations begin!

Special Dates This Month:

Flag Day,
June 14th

Father's Day,
June 17th