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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Strange critter
It was one of the strangest animals Mike Isbell had ever seen. He didn't know what to call it except a worm. But it was unlike any worm he'd seen before. For many, many years, he hadn't seen another or thought of it again, until now.
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When it rains, it pours
If Salmonella were a good thing, Georgia would have bragging rights. The number of cases reported in the state is much higher than the national average.
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Expanding in Africa
For students in Tunisia, a university education doesn't cost a dime -- or rather, a dinar. From first grade through college, education is free in the small, north African country, thanks to an expansive education reform begun in 1988.
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Subterranean immigrants
Exotic fish bait likes what man does to the land. But at what cost?
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Helping Hispanic teens
UGA web designer Jesus Mata knows his family isn't a typical Hispanic family in Georgia. That's one reason he volunteers with a new program that urges Hispanic students to stay in high school and enroll in college.
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Early garden
So you didn't get your garden planted this spring because the ground was so wet, huh? And you still want to plant a garden. Well, plant a fall garden.
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A sweet event
Mark your calendar: Aug. 5, Tifton, Ga. You'll get to see (and taste) the best of Georgia's sweet muscadines.
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Better scrambled eggs
Troops in the war in Iraq this year had MRE's (Meals Ready to Eat) that were vastly improved since the 1991 Gulf War. But scrambled eggs weren't part of the equation.
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Deadly 'turnover'
"What do you think is killing the fish?" Mike Isbell was asked. Before he responded, he asked the pond owner a few questions. The answers gave him clues to what might have happened in the pond.
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Classrooms to labs
Lynn Swain and Landon Alberson pore over detailed digital maps and data on computer screens. They're learning software that will help them and their students study and monitor the water quantity and quality in their area.