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Fresh Produce Safety Workshop Still Open
The registration deadline has been extended on a fresh-produce food-safety workshop in Atlanta. The Nov. 14-16 workshop will focus on making fresh fruits and vegetables safer from the farm to the produce shelves.
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Earliest CUV Tax Covenants Expire Dec. 31
Georgia's conservation use valuation program is saving qualified farmland owners more than $50 million each year on their property tax bills. The first of their 10-year contracts expire this year. But qualified taxpayers can renew their contracts after Jan. 1.
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Meat Association Conference Set at UGA
Food safety is on shoppers' minds more than ever. So the American Meat Science Association has scheduled a training for meat and poultry processors Nov. 29-30 in Athens, Ga.
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Recycling System Makes Most of Manure
The manure from dairy cattle can be recycled in an environmentally friendly way. No, not just in compost. It can actually provide energy, feed and maybe even drinking water for cattle, says a University of Georgia scientist.
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Monkeying with Monkey Grass on 'Gardening'
On this week's "Gardening in Georgia, host Walter Reeves visits with Wally Pressey at Classic Groundcovers in Athens, Ga. Why is it called "monkey grass"? Pressey doesn't know, but he offers a plausible theory.
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In Your Garden, Is Best Yet to Come?
In the fall, many gardeners are enthusiastic about their success over the past growing season. Others aren't so successful but are just as enthusiastic about next year. I think all gardeners' are eternal optimists.
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Fall Color Workshop Set Nov. 7 in Atlanta
Whether you just admire the trees in your yard and neighborhood or it's your job to keep them looking their best, "Fall Colors" is a workshop made for you Nov. 7 in Atlanta.
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Second Wave of Biotech Products on Horizon
Vaccine shots may soon be as comforting as eating mashed potatoes, as tasty as snacking on a banana or as refreshing as eating a salad.
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Scientists Eyeing Ways to Prevent Water Pollution
Scientists in Tifton, Ga., hope a new project will reveal economical ways to prevent water quality problems related to animal farming in Georgia

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