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The UGArden’s Medicinal Herb Program markets 10 locally grown teas, including this exam season favorite. CAES News
UGA Medicinal Herb Program is growing entrepreneurs 12/03/18 Sage Barnard
In the last year, the medicinal herb program at UGArden, the University of Georgia’s student-run farm, has expanded its product line and the number of students involved has expanded rapidly.
A year after the devastation of Hurricane Michael, Georgia's pecan farmers are preparing for this year's crop. Pictured are pecans on the ground following Hurricane Michael in Decatur County, Georgia. CAES News
Georgia pecan growers enduring dreary harvest season 11/22/18 Clint Thompson
Georgia’s pecan growers will have a limited supply this year due to weather conditions that affected the quality of the pecans and Hurricane Michael’s impact, according to University of Georgia Cooperative Extension pecan specialist Lenny Wells.
Students in University of Georgia's Tau chapter of the national Pi Alpha Xi (PAX) horticulture honor society are selling locally grown poinsettias and will take orders until Dec. 8. CAES News
UGA horticulture students are ready to cover Athens area with poinsettias 11/20/18 Christina Conner
Having trouble jumpstarting the old holiday spirit? University of Georgia horticulture students have the answer — poinsettias. And lots of them.
August 8, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension will host a tour of four northeast Georgia vineyards, focusing on the cultivation practices and grape varieties that have made Georgia's burgeoning wine industry possible. CAES News
New grape growers invited to Athens for multistate conference 11/15/18 Sage Barnard
With the growth and increased marketability of the state’s wine industry, Athens, Georgia, is hosting new conferences that will focus on how to create quality fruit and turn it into a palatable beverage. The Southeastern Regional New Grape Growers Conference will be held at the University of Georgia’s South Milledge Greenhouse Complex in Athens on Dec. 11.
Andre da Silva is the new Extension vegetable specialist on the UGA Tifton campus. CAES News
Georgia's vegetable growers have a new resource in Extension specialist Andre da Silva 11/14/18 Bryce Ethridge
New University of Georgia Cooperative Extension vegetable specialist Andre da Silva will improve vegetable production in Georgia through irrigation — and fertilizer-based research on the UGA Tifton campus.
Researchers at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have recently found the genetic mechanism that controls the shape of tomatoes also controls the shape of potatoes and may control the shape of other fruits as well. CAES News
Researchers at UGA discover genes that give vegetables their shape 11/13/18 Merritt Melancon
From elongated tubes to near-perfect spheres, vegetables come in almost every size and shape. But what differentiates a fingerling potato from a russet or a Roma tomato from a beefsteak? Researchers at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recently found the genetic mechanism that controls the shape of some of our favorite fruits, vegetables and grains.