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A Garden Beginner's Best Herbs Posted on 04/09/01 by Dan Rahn

These herbs will delight you on your dinner plate and in your garden. Many can be grown easily, with only moderate care, in most of Georgia.

June Camps Focus on Farm Youths' Safety Posted on 04/06/01 by Dan Rahn

Life isn't always safe on the farm. Children who live or work there face unique safety risks. To help them avoid getting hurt, the Georgia Healthy Farmers Program will offer two camps this summer.

One Wood Chip or Two? New 'Sugar' Source Posted on 04/04/01 by Brad Haire

Would you like one or two wood chips to sweeten your coffee? How about sweetening your cereal with a few cottonseed hulls?

Georgia Pecan Growers to Meet May 3 Posted on 04/03/01 by Dan Rahn

The Georgia Pecan Growers Association will have its 36th annual conference May 3 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, Ga.

HACCP Workshop for Meat, Poultry Processors Posted on 04/03/01 by Dan Rahn

A HACCP program is a team effort. And a good team has to be properly trained. University of Georgia food scientists will train teams in providing sound HACCP programs and food safety in a workshop May 14-15 in Athens, Ga.

Fresh-cut Produce Training Set in Salinas Posted on 04/03/01 by Dan Rahn

Food-safety hazards are everywhere as fresh produce moves from the field through the processing plant to the table. That's why the University of Georgia and the International Fresh-cut Produce Association will conduct a HACCP training May 23-25 at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, Calif.

The GMO Controversy and the Ivory Tower Posted on 04/03/01 by Andrew H. Paterson, Wayne Parrott

In the age of the Internet and laser eye surgery, most people would agree with scientists that basic research and resulting technologies help society. But when technology has fallen short -- from Three Mile Island to mad cow disease – the public has come face-to-face with science's fallibility.

Gardening Problems? 'Talk' to Your Plants Posted on 04/03/01 by Wayne J. McLaurin

Will you face the same gardening problems you had last year? Probably so: water shortages, heat, diseases, insects and those ever-present weeds. To counteract all of these problems, ask the plants what they think.

Flowering Shrubs Add Pizazz to Landscape Posted on 03/30/01 by Jim Midcap

Here are three Georgia Gold Medal winning flowering shrubs guaranteed to give your landscape some pizazz.

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