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Althea blooms in the University of Georgia Research and Education Garden in Griffin, Ga. CAES News
Landscape color workshop set on UGA campus in Griffin 10/26/11 Sharon Dowdy
Commercial landscapers, and novices, too, will learn how to add color to landscapes at the All About Color workshop set for Friday, Nov. 11 on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin, Ga.
On Saturday, October 22,Dean Scott Angle of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences dedicated the newly created Bamboo Artifact Museum at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historical Bamboo Farm. CAES News
New bamboo museum opens at UGA garden in Savannah 10/25/11 April Reese Sorrow
More than 550 items -- from yard rakes and flutes to medicine containers and pigeon whistles, all made from bamboo – are now on display at the new Bamboo Artifact Museum at the University of Georgia Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historical Bamboo Farm in Savannah, Ga.
Scientists from China and Taiwan visit with CAES researchers at the 2011 Ag Expo in Moultrie. CAES News
CAES hosts 4th International Summit on Food Safety 10/21/11 April Reese Sorrow
China is a major supplier of food ingredients and products to the U.S. and Canada. However, food safety concerns for both Chinese and U.S. products have resulted in food recalls in recent years. To address these concerns, the University of Georgia held the fourth International Summit on Emerging Issues in Food Safety and Marketing.
Tom Rodgers is inducted into National 4-H Hall of Fame - 2011 CAES News
Rodgers named to National 4-H Hall of Fame 10/20/11 Sharon Dowdy
Athens, Ga., resident and longtime Georgia 4-H supporter Tom Rodgers was honored by the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents when it inducted him into the National 4-H Hall of Fame Oct. 7 at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md.
There were almost 800,000 acres of peanuts grown in Georgia in 2015. CAES News
Georgia peanut farmers face volatile yields 10/20/11 Brad Haire
Georgia's peanut harvest is in top gear. Georgia growers planted the fewest acres of peanuts in recent history, and what they planted faced drought, diseases and damaging insects all growing season. Yields will be volatile, from zero in some fields to setting records in others.
Dole Foods partners with Georgia Lt. Governor and Georgia 4-H for salad bar contest for schools CAES News
Dole, Georgia Lt. Gov. and 4-H join forces to make school meals healthier 10/20/11 Sharon Dowdy
Three Georgia high schools will win salad bars for their cafeterias through the Raise the Salad Bar contest.
A young visitor to the UGA Pavilion at the 2011 Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Ga., Oct. 19 learns about giant cockroaches. CAES News
Weather dampens Sunbelt Expo 10/20/11 Brad Haire
Despite an uncomfortable mix of wet, cold and windy weather, North America’s premier farm show, the Sunbelt Ag Expo, marched on this week in Moultrie, Ga. More than 70,000 visitors perused the wears of 1,200 vendors, a North Carolina farmer was tapped as the Southeast’s top and land-grant universities brought their messages to the masses.
Mushrooms in Sarah Workman's hands. CAES News
Mushroom gardening class slated 10/19/11 Sharon Dowdy
If you love mushrooms, learn to grow them at home by attending the mushroom gardening class set for Saturday, Nov. 12 at the University of Georgia campus in Griffin, Ga.
Brown marmorated stink bug adults are 5/8 inch in length and are dark mottled brown. Antennas and exposed areas of the abdomen are banded. They were discovered in the U.S. in Allentown, Pa., in 2001. CAES News
New bug stinking up Georgia 10/19/11 April Reese Sorrow
More than 200 species of stink bugs call North America home. As many as 60 species live in Georgia. One more was recently discovered in southern South Carolina. The brown marmorated stink bug, or Halyomorpha halys, will likely soon invade Georgia, according to a University of Georgia entomologist.