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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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HACCP Workshop.
A HACCP program is a team effort. And a good team has to be properly trained. University of Georgia food scientists will train teams in providing sound HACCP programs and food safety in a workshop May 14-15 in Athens, Ga.
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Fresh-cut Training.
Food-safety hazards are everywhere as fresh produce moves from the field through the processing plant to the table. That's why the University of Georgia and the International Fresh-cut Produce Association will conduct a HACCP training May 23-25 at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, Calif.
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GMO Controversy.
In the age of the Internet and laser eye surgery, most people would agree with scientists that basic research and resulting technologies help society. But when technology has fallen short -- from Three Mile Island to mad cow disease – the public has come face-to-face with science's fallibility.
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'Talk' It Out.
Will you face the same gardening problems you had last year? Probably so: water shortages, heat, diseases, insects and those ever-present weeds. To counteract all of these problems, ask the plants what they think.
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Plant Pizazz.
Here are three Georgia Gold Medal winning flowering shrubs guaranteed to give your landscape some pizazz.
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'Forages 2001.'
University of Georgia scientists and other experts will provide a wealth of information on providing forages for livestock in "Forages 2001," a two-day workshop in Tifton, Ga., May 22-23.
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'Gardening in Georgia.'
Spring is here, and "Gardening in Georgia" can't be far behind. Host Walter Reeves and the popular Georgia Public Television show will return to the air Wednesday, April 4.
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Higher Risk.
Foot-and-mouth disease poses a threat to the United States because of the high volume of traffic between Europe and the United States, says a University of Georgia expert.
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War on Ants.
When you make your spring chore list, don't forget to "feed" the ants. To fight ants properly, University of Georgia experts say you have to know a little ant biology.
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Blairsville Seminar.
As garden club events go, it can hardly get any better than the Southern Appalachian Landscape Seminar. Growing more popular every year since its 1982 start, the event this year is expected to pack the Haralson Memorial Civic Center in Blairsville April 26.