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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Life Lessons. 10/24/01
After the two-week adventure, 12 Georgia high school students returned from Costa Rica this summer with lifelong memories and a newfound appreciation for home.
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Prevent Bone Loss. 10/23/01
Two new, similar studies examined medications that can influence bone mineral density. BMD is a measure of bone strength and bone mineral content. Low BMD puts both men and women at risk for osteoporosis-related fractures.
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Green Space. 10/23/01
All communities share the common goal of a healthy environment for their citizens. And the quality of their environment has much to do with the amount of green space they have.
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Fall Weeds. 10/20/01
On this week's "Gardening in Georgia," host Walter Reeves shows how to control annual and perennial fall weeds. The show will air at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24, on Georgia Public Television. It will be rebroadcast at noon Saturday, Oct. 27.
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Produce Safety. 10/19/01
The registration deadline has been extended on a fresh-produce food-safety workshop in Atlanta. The Nov. 14-16 workshop will focus on making fresh fruits and vegetables safer from the farm to the produce shelves.
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Tax Covenants. 10/18/01
Georgia's conservation use valuation program is saving qualified farmland owners more than $50 million each year on their property tax bills. The first of their 10-year contracts expire this year. But qualified taxpayers can renew their contracts after Jan. 1.
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Meat Meet. 10/18/01
Food safety is on shoppers' minds more than ever. So the American Meat Science Association has scheduled a training for meat and poultry processors Nov. 29-30 in Athens, Ga.
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Waste Not. 10/18/01
The manure from dairy cattle can be recycled in an environmentally friendly way. No, not just in compost. It can actually provide energy, feed and maybe even drinking water for cattle, says a University of Georgia scientist.
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Monkey Grass. 10/13/01
On this week's "Gardening in Georgia, host Walter Reeves visits with Wally Pressey at Classic Groundcovers in Athens, Ga. Why is it called "monkey grass"? Pressey doesn't know, but he offers a plausible theory.
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Garden's Best. 10/11/01
In the fall, many gardeners are enthusiastic about their success over the past growing season. Others aren't so successful but are just as enthusiastic about next year. I think all gardeners' are eternal optimists.