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Peanut research 03/24/09
At its March board meeting, the Georgia Peanut Commission awarded $1 million to peanut researchers in Georgia, including $959,000 to the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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UGA 4-H wins 03/19/09
The Collegiate 4-H Club of the University of Georgia was recognized as the National Collegiate 4-H Club of the Year at the organization’s annual conference held last month in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Food contest winner 03/19/09
Caroline Harless had planned to be in Swainsboro, Ga., on March 17 to prepare for hunters arriving at her Flat Creek Lodge. Instead, she stayed in Atlanta, where her Flat Creek Aztec Cheddar cheese won the third annual Flavor of Georgia food products contest.
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Ag steward 03/19/09
Twenty years ago, Terry Chandler and his wife, Deborah, moved their family to a 200-acre farm in Madison County. The land was in terrible shape. The only thing it had was potential. They worked hard to improve it, and for their efforts Gov. Sonny Perdue awarded them the fourth annual Governor’s Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Award.
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Woodroof lecture April 2 03/19/09
Rhona Applebaum, a food-industry leader with The Coca-Cola Company, will deliver the 2009 Woodroof Lecture April 2 at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga.
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Coffee class 03/18/09
Seeing University of Georgia students jump-starting a day with a cup of coffee isn’t unusual. However, a professor requiring them to do so is.
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30-years of service 03/12/09
In 1979, University of Georgia horticulturist Butch Ferree traveled to Washington to learn about a popular outreach program in that state that was spreading throughout the nation’s land-grant colleges. Thirty years later, a similar program has helped more than 7,000 Georgians become gardening masters.
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Regents Professor 03/12/09
Monique Y. Leclerc, a professor of crop and soil science in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been named a Regents Professor for her internationally recognized studies on atmospheric biogeosciences and climate change.
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Healthy restaurant meals 03/12/09
Do you eat out frequently? If so, you are probably eating more fat and calories than you realize. Many restaurant meals are filled with calories and fat. But heeding a few healthy strategies can make eating away from home less harmful to your health and waistline.
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Tax time 03/12/09
April 15, the 2009 tax deadline, is near. Remember, not all tax services are the same and that some things have changed, say financial experts with the University of Georgia.