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4-H’ers are three times more likely to contribute to their communities than youths not participating in 4-H, according to a study by Tufts University.

While many teenagers play video games and hang out with their friends, 17-year-old Chelsie Restrepo spends her free time doing community service projects and helping the less fortunate.

Public elementary school students are being challenged by Lt. Governor Casey Cagle to get healthy. The Healthy Kids Georgia program invites all Georgia public elementary schools to participate in the BOOKMARK 4 HEALTH! contest, which is held in collaboration with Scholastic, Inc., Georgia 4-H and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. Three Georgia elementary schools will win a 250-book collection of educational health and wellness books for the school library.

Have you ever found yourself holding an empty aluminum can or plastic bottle with no recycling container in sight? University of Georgia researchers have developed a mobile app for that.

Cotton and peanuts, two of Georgia's top row-crops, joined forces earlier this month for the University of Georgia Cotton and Peanut Research Field Day, spotlighting research projects funded by the Georgia Peanut Commission and Georgia Cotton Commission.

Outbreaks of listeria monocytogenes are commonly linked to deli meats, hot dogs and soft cheeses made with unpasteurized milk. Recent deaths and illnesses in the U.S. have added fresh cantaloupes from Colorado to that list.

A workshop for professional landscapers is set for Oct. 21 on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin, Ga.

September 23 is the first day of fall, heralding in cooler temperatures that slow the growth of the grass and prepares it to go dormant for the winter. It is also a favorable time for turf diseases to develop. If you had problems with large patch or take-all patch in the spring, you will likely deal with them again in the fall.

Do you have a great idea for a project that combines sustainable agriculture and your community but no money to ahead? Apply for funding through the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Sustainable Community Innovation Grant program.