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UGA food scientist Casimir Akoh awarded two top professional honors 04/10/12 Sharon Dowdy
Casimir C. Akoh, Distinguished Research Professor in the University of Georgia Department of Food Science and Technology, has received the top award from the American Oil Chemists’ Society and the Institute of Food Technologists.
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Prune azaleas to remove dead growth, disease 04/05/12 Frank M. Watson
If you love azaleas, you probably wish yours were as beautiful as those seen behind the professional golfers at the Masters Tournament. With proper pruning, you too can grow compact, healthy and attractive azaleas that flower abundantly.
Guillermo Alvarado, executive director of the International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health, (left) and Jim Hanula, entomologist with the USDA-Forest Service. CAES News
Latin Americans turn to UGA researchers for kudzu bug knowledge 04/05/12 Sharon Dowdy
Two years ago, the kudzu bug arrived in Georgia and has been aggravating homeowners and feeding on kudzu and soybeans ever since. Now, some of Georgia’s Latin American trading partners are worried that the legume-eating pest may be headed south.
Organic onions growing in a field in south Georgia CAES News
Organic gardening workshop set at UGA campus in Griffin 04/05/12
An organic gardening workshop is slated for April 27 on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin, Ga.
H.O. Lund Entomology Club and students in a service-learning entomology class hosted the 2012 insect zoo on March 30, 2012. CAES News
Students use annual Insect Zoo event to teach and speak up for insects 04/04/12 Merritt Melancon
There’s just something about insects that makes a lot of people’s skin crawl but University of Georgia entomology students are working hard to improve the public’s perception of their six-legged friends.
Eddy-Jean Etienne working in the Agricultural & Environmental Services Lab in Athens. CAES News
Soil lab faculty help launch lab in Haiti 03/30/12 Merritt Melancon
Haitian farmers have toiled for more than a century to grow crops in the nation’s notoriously ravaged farmlands. A new soil-testing lab, scheduled to open in June, should help farmers in Haiti improve their yields.
Two student-built robots compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition's Peachtree Regional held March 16 -17, 2012, at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth. CAES News
4-H'ers learn engineering and teamwork by building robots 03/28/12 Sharon Dowdy
Most people have seen high school students compete against one another in a game of basketball but not many people seen the game played with student-built robots
Garden soil CAES News
Athens-Clarke inducts state's first class of Master Composters 03/27/12 Merritt Melancon
Good compost takes time, patience and alternating layers of decomposing yard and kitchen wastes. Those are the basics, but Athens-Clarke County Extension Agent Amanda Tedrow was finding that most people needed more information in order to make the compost equation come out right.
A pair of hummingbirds fly around a feeder at a North Georgia home. CAES News
Male birds fight their reflections in odd turf war 03/26/12 Paul Pugliese
Disoriented fake birds flying into a newly cleaned window may make you chuckle on a television commercial. But, in reality, it’s no laughing matter.