Extension
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From crackers, to cheese snacks, to nutritionally enhanced juices, each new food that debuts on grocery store shelves starts with an idea and entrepreneurial passion. This year more than 20 Georgia 4-H’ers showcased that same innovation and passion when they entered the nation’s only 4-H Food Product Development Contest. “These youth are well on their…
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More than 150 women and men convened Wednesday on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia, and at satellite sites in Griffin and Tifton, Georgia, for the inaugural Women in Agriculture Leadership Initiative Luncheon. Following on the heels of the UGA-led Southern Region Women’s Agricultural Leadership Summit in February, the lunch was the first…
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More than a dozen University of Georgia Cooperative Extension leaders graduated from UGA’s ExTEND Advance Leadership Training Program on May 5. The graduation of ExTEND’s second class marks UGA Extension’s commitment to ensuring effective, efficient and meaningful service to Georgians today and in the future. “One of the challenges we have in UGA Extension right…
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Georgia registered landscape architect Greg Huber has joined the staff of the University of Georgia Griffin Campus as the training coordinator for the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture. Huber comes to UGA after spending the past 10 years as program coordinator, lead instructor and adviser for the horticulture program at Southern Crescent Technical College in…
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There are hundreds of chili pepper varieties from which to choose for the home garden, so it pays to know which deliver the most flavor and which pack the most heat. Others are popular simply for their looks. “Color is a big factor,” said Robert Westerfield, a horticulturist with University of Georgia Extension. “People are…
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The holidays are just around the corner and shoppers are beginning to search for those perfect gifts. If home gardeners are on the list, consider these ideas from University of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts. UGA Extension county agents and horticulture specialists spend their workdays teaching home and professional gardeners the latest research-based information. In their…
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University of Georgia and Fort Valley State University Cooperative Extension agents gathered in Athens, Georgia, last week to recognize the work of their colleagues’ achievements at the annual Georgia meeting of Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP), a professional organization for those working in Extension. In addition to awards recognizing accomplishments in educational programming, the meeting allows…
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Georgia 4-H clubs in 32 counties across Georgia will get some extra help this year thanks to a $439,357 AmeriCorps State grant from the federal Corporation for National and Community Service and the Georgia Commission on Service and Volunteerism. AmeriCorps, a domestic program modeled after the Peace Corps, offers individuals the chance to make a…
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A team of University of Georgia researchers is studying the use of home lawns as garden plots. If successful, suburbanites with warm-season lawns could plant fall vegetables on top of their turfgrass lawns. “Enthusiasm for local food production and self-sufficiency has generated an increased interest in home vegetable gardens. But, many urban dwellers have small…
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Art in the Garden was a big success – over 50 artists showed their work in the beautiful Research and Education Garden. The weather was beautiful and the parking lots were full. Art in the Garden is sponsored by Friends of the Garden, who also fed the artists and volunteers with a delicious cook out.
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