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Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black examines a pumpkin field at Jaemor Farms with farm manager Drew Echols, Rep. Terry England, UGA President Jere Morehead, CAES Dean J. Scott Angle and other officials during the UGA President's Third Annual Farm Tour. CAES News
UGA President's Farm Tour showcases university's support for agriculture 09/03/15 Merritt Melancon
From vineyards and vegetable patches to state-of-the-art food processing and food safety operations, agriculture in northeast Georgia is made up of a large and diverse set of enterprises.
Cook County ANR Agent Tucker Price holds up a watermelon plant infected with gummy stem blight disease. CAES News
Watermelon diseases a problem again for Georgia farmers 08/13/15 Clint Thompson
Disease in south Georgia’s watermelons was again a problem this year for farmers.
A garden hoe lies in a pile of fresh compost. CAES News
Healthy Soil, Healthy Community Initiative to provide compost workshops in metro Atlanta 07/29/15 Merritt Melancon
Food Well Alliance, in collaboration with University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and other organizations, designed the Healthy Soil, Healthy Community Initiative to help Atlanta’s community gardens adopt better composting practices to improve metro Atlanta’s soil.
The Hoke Smith Building on UGA's Athens Campus has always been home to some part of UGA Cooperative Extension. Despite it's association with master horticulturalist and gardeners, it's own landscape needs a facelift. That facelift starts next week. CAES News
Georgia Green Industry Association helps beautify the Hoke Smith Building 07/23/15 Merritt Melancon
It’s been 80 years since the front landscape of the Hoke Smith Building at the University of Georgia — once home to the state administration for UGA Cooperative Extension — was first installed, and it’s time for a facelift.
The 2015 class of the CAES Young Scholars Program spent this summer performing research in labs and fields in Griifin, Tifton and Athens. CAES News
UGA CAES Young Scholars spend summer conducting research with faculty mentors 07/23/15 Merritt Melancon
This summer 83 high school students from across Georgia gained real-world research experience through the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' (CAES) Young Scholars Program.
UGArden Manager JoHannah Biang gives a tour to USDA undersecretary Kevin Concannon during his tour of Athens on July 22, 2015. CAES News
USDA undersecretary tours UGArden to discuss access to healthy food 07/23/15 Merritt Melancon
The staff at UGArden, the University of Georgia’s student-run farm on the Athens Campus, received a federal-sized pat on the back this week when Kevin Concannon, U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services, visited the farm and demonstration garden.