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Trainings ready growers, packers for GAPs audits Posted on 07/02/02 by Dan Rahn

Third-party food safety audits aren't just a good thing for Georgia's fresh produce growers and packers. They're necessary now. Georgia grocers are requiring them to assure shoppers their produce is fresh and safe in an age of global terrorism.

4-H camp, kids, pickin' and grinnin' Posted on 06/27/02 by Mike Isbell

I don't know if the kids were flipping quarters to us because they liked what Derrill and I were playing or because they didn't like it and hoped we'd quit. Derrill Scott and I were at Rock Eagle 4-H Camp last week and were in charge of two cabins of boys from Heard County.

Scientists clone three little pigs Posted on 06/26/02 by Brad Haire

Athens, Ga. -- Scientists with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and ProLinia, Inc., an agriculture biotechnology company based here, have done it once again. This time with pigs.

Judge Rules Against Beef Checkoff Posted on 06/25/02 by Gabe Eckert

U.S. District Court Judge Charles Kornmann dealt a blow to the U.S. beef industry on June 21 when he ruled that the Beef Checkoff Program is unconstitutional. At the same time, the South Dakota judge granted plaintiff requests for an injunction to halt checkoff collections on July 15, 2002.

Study shows vitamin E constant in pecans Posted on 06/25/02 by Sharon Omahen

Fresh pecans are a good source of vitamin E. Always. Period. The vitamin E remains constant across varieties and U.S. growing regions, according to a University of Georgia study.

Shoppers: produce better grown in Georgia Posted on 06/24/02 by Brad Haire

Given the option, Georgia grocery shoppers would much rather buy fresh, Georgia-grown produce, according to a University of Georgia survey.

'Gardening' eyes 'leaves of three' on GPTV June 29 Posted on 06/22/02 by Dan Rahn

"Leaves of three, leave it be." Walter Reeves looks at poison ivy, among other things, on "Gardening in Georgia" Saturday, June 29, on Georgia Public Television. "Gardening in Georgia" is produced by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and GPTV. It airs twice each Saturday, at noon and 7 p.m.

SPC made easy for food, poultry firms Posted on 06/20/02 by Dan Rahn

You don't have to have a background in statistics to learn statistical process control. SPC helps food and poultry firms scientifically document and verify food safety issues and focus on quality issues and potential problems. And a University of Georgia workshop Aug. 5-7 in Athens, Ga., makes learning it easy.

Marination course at UGA in July Posted on 06/20/02 by Dan Rahn

Marinated meat and poultry products are popular with shoppers. To provide food processors on the latest updates, the University of Georgia will host "Advances in Marination Science and Technology," a short course July 16-18 in Athens, Ga.

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