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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Ag awareness week 03/10/04
Gov. Sonny Perdue has proclaimed March 15-20 "Georgia Agriculture Awareness Week" to honor an industry that touches every life in Georgia and is the economic backbone for much of the state.
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Five easy steps 03/10/04
Four straight years of drought dashed hopes for many a Georgia flower bed. And last year's rainy start turned dry in the end, fading late-summer colors as if to add insult to injury. What's a gardener to do?
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Icy learning 03/04/04
Even with thermal underwear, sweater, insulated coat, rain parka and a hat on, Mike Isbell thought he was going to freeze to death. But he wasn't the only one freezing. Almost 2,000 4-H Club and FFA members were there, too.
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Soil world 03/04/04
Whether you're in a rural field or in a city garden, pick up a handful of soil. Inside your hand could be as many living organisms as there are people on the earth.
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On-line newsletter 03/04/04
Georgia gardening guru, call-in radio host and retired University of Georgia Extension Service agent Walter Reeves has introduced a new on-line gardening service, "The Georgia Gardener Newsletter."
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Viral outbreak 03/03/04
A typically short-lived but intense stomach bug known as the Norwalk virus or norovirus gastroenteritis has spread rapidly throughout the University of Georgia and other campuses.
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Fiscal Fitness 2004 02/29/04
Only serious effort, time and a good debt-repayment plan can help repair bad credit. Unfortunately, many companies want people to believe otherwise.
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Tough tomatoes 02/26/04
They may look beautiful, but store-bought tomatoes can't match the flavor of the ones you pick vine-ripe fresh from your garden. Unfortunately, tomato spotted wilt virus makes it harder to do that in Georgia now, particularly in the southern two-thirds of the state.
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'Jungle' plant 02/26/04
Mike Isbell wasn't really sure what he was going to see when I got to his daughter's room. It already looked like the night sky with all the glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling.
Analyzing collected rain CAES News
Analyzing rainfall 02/26/04
Jerry Walker thinks Georgia does a great job controlling emissions. And he should know. Twenty-five years ago he set up a monitoring site that analyzes chemicals in the state's rainfall that contribute to acidic rain.