News Stories - Page 560

News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Soy fuel
Soybean researcher Dale Wood climbed onto a combine harvester at the University of Georgia Plant Sciences Farm in Oconee County. He grabbed the controls and took the machine for a slow spin, careful not to mow down a row of developing soybeans.
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House of dimes
For the past five years, 4-H’ers from across America have been collecting and donating dimes to finance building a Habitat for Humanity house in Atlanta. On Saturday, Nov. 25, at National 4-H Congress, more than 1,200 4-H members will make a final donation during a citizenship ceremony that will bring the total funds raised to $52,000.
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Knock Out roses
It's every homeowner's dream: the beauty and color of landscape flowering plants without a lot of maintenance to keep them healthy and vigorous.
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Holiday planting
The winter holidays are perfect for eating turkey, watching football and planting shrubs in your landscape. If you don't ordinarily associate planting shrubs with the holidays, it's not because the two don't go together.
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Lowfat holiday
Holiday dinner is the one time you’re allowed to eat entire platefuls of home-cooked delicacies without an ounce of guilt. But that’s usually not the case, and that serving of remorse typically follows your second slice of pecan pie.
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Local Christmas trees
University of Georgia horticulturist Mark Czarnota won’t be buying his Christmas tree from a box store. He’s focusing on Georgia-grown in his house and encouraging others to do the same.
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Covered-dish holidays
Covered-dish meals offer the best of the fall and winter holidays for many communities, large groups and families. But for safety's sake, you need to do more than just "cover" your dishes.
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Giving time
With the holidays approaching, Sharon Gibson, a University of Georgia Cooperative Extension multicultural specialist, offers ideas to help make the holidays a season of giving.
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Holiday favorites
Poinsettias, Christmas cactuses and African violets are the most common plants given over the holiday season. A University of Georgia expert offers tips for caring for these seasonal favorites.
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It's gift time
“We need to be ensuring a season of giving instead of getting,” said Gibson, a multicultural specialist with the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences. “What we want to instill in our children is that service and giving of oneself should be a part of daily life.”