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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Hall of Fame. 02/23/00
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. 02/23/00
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. 02/23/00
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. 02/22/00
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. 02/22/00
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. 02/17/00
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. 02/11/00
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.
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Crime Fighting Critters. 02/09/00
Jeff Tomberlin has little law enforcement background. But the knowledge he has could be essential in solving murder cases. Tomberlin, a doctoral student in the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is the state's only forensic entomologist and one of only a handful in the Southeast.
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'Great Chill.' 02/09/00
Donnie Morris doesn't describe the frigid weather of late January and early February the way many Georgians would. "I don't know any other way to say it: it's just wonderful," Morris said.
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Horse Auction. 02/09/00
For the past five years the auctioneer's song has rung out from the Junior National Livestock Expo, earning the University of Georgia 4-H program more than $60,000. This year's sixth annual Georgia 4-H Horse Benefit Auction will be in Perry Feb. 26.