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University of Georgia students and staff and other volunteers learn how to plant onions at a farm in Winterville, Ga., in 2009. CAES News
UGA at Georgia Organics
Sustainable agriculture experts and Extension specialists from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will be offering several workshops and classes at the 2013 Georgia Organics Conference.
Jean Williams-Woodward, UGA plant pathologist, examines rhododendron for signs of plant disease in greenhouse, especially sudden oak death, Athens, October 27, 2009. CAES News
Winter diseases
To help keep diseases out of your winter annual flowerbeds, University of Georgia plant pathologist Jean Williams-Woodward recommends starting with disease-resistant plants.
Chuck Bargeron - associate director, UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health CAES News
Bargeron selected
University of Georgia public service assistant Chuck Bargeron has been named to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) for the National Invasive Species Council (NISC).
Phil Jennings and his father Phillip Jennings of Nature Crisp farm in Soperton made this first donation to Feeding America's Farm to Food Bank pilot program this month. CAES News
Farm to Food Bank
During the height of the growing season, many Georgia farmers find themselves with one truckload too many of tomatoes or peppers. Sometimes that food is given away to friends and sometimes it‘s sold at a deep discount, but other times it’s just tossed into a compost bin.
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Contest deadline
The February 8 deadline to submit entries is closing in quickly, but there is still time for Georgian food artisans to submit products for the 2013 competition.
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Tax time
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced that it has extended the filing deadline for farmers and fishermen who did not make estimated tax payments for the 2012 tax year from March 1, 2013 until April 15, 2013.
FACS Agent Denise Everson, from left, 4-H Program Assistant Joey Bristol, FACS intern Amanda Burnside, ANR Agent Monte Stephens, Secretary Renelle Ramirez, 4-H Agent Lauren Healey and ANR intern Patrick Savelle stand in the hallway of the the new Oconee County Extension office in Watkinsville. CAES News
Oconee Extension Office
The Oconee County Cooperative Extension started the new year in a new home. They have moved to the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Natural Resource Conservation Center, which has been operated by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences as a research and education center since August 2012.
The Nutrition Facts rectangular label turns 20 years old in 2013. CAES News
Nutrition label
That rectangular nutrition label on the side of your cereal box or on the back of that peanut butter jar turns 20 years old this year.
A Georgia Master Gardener trims a shrub in the University of Georgia Research and Education Garden in Griffin, Ga. CAES News
Pruning 101
Learn how to properly prune ornamentals at an upcoming University of Georgia course offered on its campus in Griffin, Ga. The one-day course will be offered Feb. 15 and Feb. 22 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the UGA Research and Education Garden on Ellis Road.
Student working at UGA's organic demonstration farm at the Durham Horticulture Farm, at 1221 Hog Mountain Road in Watkinsville. CAES News
Sustainable ag workshops
Wondering how to start a successful, small-herd cattle operation? Want to learn how to defeat the hornworms that attacked your tomatoes last year? Or are you worried about finding customers for this year’s bumper crop of cucumbers?