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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Azalea Lessons.
The little azaleas in spring nursery and garden center displays, which often seem more bloom than plant, can teach you one of life's happier lessons. If you have young azaleas or have pruned back your old azaleas, take a hint from those container dazzlers, says University of Georgia expert Mel Garber.
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Safer Family.
Whether your biggest concern is your farm or your family, an Atlanta workshop April 12-13 will address environmental concerns of interest to you.
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Great Shrubs.
Some new spring shrubs will reward your landscape labors. They can be used as beautiful flowering backgrounds behind annual and perennial beds. They can act as single specimens or as stand-alone shrub borders.
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Hall of Fame.
The Agricultural Alumni Association of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is seeking nominations for the 2000 Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame.
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Fat Warning.
Just when you figured out the new food pyramid and nutritional values on food labels, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing another change. The FDA proposes requiring the amount of trans fatty acids in a food to be included in the Nutrition Facts panel.
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New Fat Limits.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed limits on trans fat on several nutrient content claims found on food labels. Here are the proposed restrictions.
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Deepening Drought.
The drought that started in May 1998 is expected to continue and worsen in Georgia through at least early summer. The outlook from the federal Climate Prediction Center is for hotter and drier conditions for March through July.
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Blame La Niña.
La Niña can explain the prolonged drought that began in Georgia in May 1998. While you can't blame La Niña for the weather on any given day, it is responsible for the general pattern. It has influenced the state's climate since mid-1998.
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Dean Honored.
Gale Buchanan, dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been named a 1999 Leader of the Year by Progressive Farmer magazine.
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Caffeine High.
If coffee lovers want to get that morning caffeine jolt at the coffee pot, they first have to survive the sticker shock at the grocery store.