Author: J. Merritt Melancon

UGA launches school garden curriculum resource center for teachers

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has launched an online resource…
UGA Extension emphasizes radon, poison awareness during Children’s Health Month

Becoming a parent can mean being hyper aware of the dangers household items—like the stairs,…
UGA faculty, staff honored with 2013 D.W. Brooks awards

On Oct. 1, the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recognized its…
National Teach Ag Day celebrates growing importance, changing face of agricultural education

Fewer Americans are being raised on farms than 50 years ago, but agricultural education teachers…
UGA Extension, Athens Land Trust team up for sustainable agriculture conference Oct. 3

University of Georgia Extension and the Athens Land Trust are taking registrations for its Sustainable…
Ruffled feathers

Chickens don’t commute to work and they don’t balance checkbooks, but they do get stressed.
Largest mushroom species in the Western Hemisphere spotted in Georgia

With mushroom caps that can grow as large as trashcan lids, the gigantic fungus Macrocybe…
Media alert: Deal to speak at UGA, Georgia Southern agribusiness conference

Gov. Nathan Deal will address the importance of international trade to the economic well-being of…
Tree-killing insect emerald ash borer found in Georgia

For years, foresters and invasive insect experts—including those at the University of Georgia—have been on…
New director plans to grow UGA Trial Gardens into bigger attraction

After 30 years, the Trial Gardens at UGA—that green, flower-laden oasis sandwiched between Snelling Dining…
University to honor 2013 Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees

The Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame will welcome two new inductees at a ceremony Sept.…
UGA to honor 2013 Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees

The Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame will welcome two new inductees at a ceremony Sept.…
Researchers say heirloom crop varieties hold secret of meeting global food demands

Across the globe, humans rely on fewer than a dozen plants to feed themselves and…
Plants, goodbyes to be featured at UGA Trial Gardens annual open house

Plant lovers are invited to take one last walk around the Trial Gardens at the…
UGA to host expanded twilight tour at its organic research farm July 11

University of Georgia organic and sustainable agriculture experts will host their second annual Organic Twilight…
UGA entomologists ask Georgians to send in their cicadas

After weeks of anticipation, insect watchers are getting the show of a lifetime as the…
UGA Extension, state Department of Agriculture recognized for distance education

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and the Georgia Department of Agriculture recently received international recognition…
UGA, Georgia Southern to host International Agribusiness Conference and Expo

With agricultural products being among the state’s top exports, the University of Georgia College of…
Plant geneticists isolate short stature gene in dwarf pearl millet

While pearl millet is a major food staple in some of the fastest growing regions…
UGA students compete in third annual CAES Undergraduate Research Symposium

More than 30 undergraduates studying in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental…
UGA Extension to give students farm-to-plate look at growing pizza

On May 8-9, metro Atlanta students will have the opportunity for a behind-the-scenes look at…
Rodeo time: UGA students bring three nights of steer roping and bull riding to Athens

The University of Georgia’s Block and Bridle Club is gearing up for the 39th annual…
UGA economist named Agricultural and Applied Economics Association fellow

University of Georgia economist Jeffrey Dorfman recently was named a fellow of the Agricultural and…
UGA Cooperative Extension helps reinvigorate agriculture at Atlanta History Center

When the Atlanta History Center needed to learn a lifetime’s worth of historical farming skills…