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Senior Georgia 4-H'ers from across the state gathered to debate issues of today and offer suggestions on how to improve areas like skin care, health and exercise. CAES News
4-H roundtable 05/31/11 April Reese Sorrow
In March, President Barack Obama charged his administration to participate in 100 roundtables to give youth across the country a chance to talk and debate relevant issues. On May 20, a group of senior Georgia 4-H’ers participated in one of those roundtables at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Ga.
Stream flows across south Georgia, like that of the Kinchafoonee Creek in Lee County, are near record low for this time of year as drought worsens across the region. CAES News
Drought grows 05/31/11 David E. Stooksbury, Ph.D.
Drought conditions worsened across most of Georgia during May. With well-below-normal rain and temperatures routinely in the 90s, soils continued to dry. The southern half of the state is being hit the hardest.
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Ag College Cuts 05/31/11 J. Faith Peppers
After surviving repeated budget cuts since 2009 totaling close to 25 percent, the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will layoff 18 employees and sell 602 acres of research farms and timberland to make cuts levied by the state for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
"Your Southern Garden" host Walter Reeves. CAES News
Your Southern Garden 05/26/11
Get a sneak peek at a secret orchid garden and learn about container plants for shade on "Your Southern Garden" with Walter Reeves June 18 at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Steve Brown is the assistant dean for University of Georgia Cooperative Extension with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
Sustainable ag? 05/26/11 Steve L. Brown
Ok, I admit it. The “sustainability” movement in agriculture makes me uncomfortable at times. I bet most seasoned ag folks out there understand what I’m talking about.
Joel Cooper, a resident at the Atlanta Mission, installs pepper plants in the mission's garden. CAES News
Growing skills and vegetables 05/26/11 Sharon Dowdy
Looking over the tomato, okra, cucumber, squash and pepper plants, Joel Cooper is proud. The 46-year-old recovering addict is happy, too, to get his life back on track and for the opportunity to help others like him eat and live a little better. Cooper, and the other men who rely on the Atlanta Mission for food, will soon be eating fresh produce they’ve grown at the place they call their temporary home.
Steve Stice and Franklin West with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences stand with their pigs in Athens in April of 2010. CAES News
Disease-resistant chickens 05/25/11 J. Faith Peppers
A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to develop a new technology to breed chickens resistant to Newcastle Virus.
Visitor observes new plant varieties at the UGA Trial Gardens 2009 Open House. CAES News
UGA Trial Gardens 05/25/11 April Reese Sorrow
Shasta daisies, lilies, cornflowers, cosmos, geraniums and petunias are among the beauties blooming now. View the best summer has to offer at the University of Georgia Trial Gardens open house June 25 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
A bee collects pollen from a tomatillo flower in a garden in Butts Co., Ga. CAES News
Don't kill the bees 05/25/11 STEPHEN GARTON
On a recent visit to the Sawnee Mountain Preserve in Cumming, Ga., I was shocked to find many dead bees in the preserve’s observation hive.
"Your Southern Garden" host Walter Reeves. CAES News
Roses, saving water and treating oak leaf blisters highlight this week's show. 05/24/11
Stop and smell the roses on "Your Southern Garden" with Walter Reeves May 28 at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Georgia Public Broadcasting.