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01/03/24 - UGA Extension offers disaster support throughout the state 10/20/23 - UGA Extension provides ‘boots on the ground’ to fight farmer mental health crisis 09/13/23 - Extension advances reach in Southern region 05/11/23 - Agriculture project wins $1M National Science Foundation development award 02/03/23 - UGA faculty selected for national land-grant system leadership program 01/30/23 - A promise fulfilled: Bridging the gaps in Alzheimer’s care 01/23/23 - UGA Extension helps farmers improve efficiency, save 100 million gallons of water 11/11/22 - Melanie Biersmith selected as Georgia’s ninth state 4-H leader 09/06/22 - Kemps receive Green Jacket Award from Georgia 4-H 08/29/22 - Healthier Together program helped participant lose 100 pounds 06/17/22 - UGA, rural communities work on safe walking routes 05/04/22 - Young Harris Beekeeping Institute celebrates 30th anniversary 12/31/21 - Look to UGA Extension to support your New Year's resolutions 11/22/21 - UGA-Griffin vaccine clinic benefits community 10/25/21 - Commissioner Gary Black named 2021 National Friend of Extension 10/20/21 - CAES researchers, Extension professionals honored in Fruit and Vegetable 40 under 40 09/30/21 - Rural communities rebuild healthy habits 07/20/21 - Small cattle farm grows up with help from UGA 06/24/21 - UGA Extension awarded grant to address vaccine education disparities in rural Georgia 04/15/21 - UGA Young Farmers and Ranchers club hosts first discussion contest 03/02/21 - Georgia’s agriculture industry is weathering the storms — with the help of UGA support 09/29/20 - Stripling Family Foundation recognized with National Friend of Extension award 09/08/20 - UGA Extension collaborates with USG to offer employees virtual diabetes prevention 04/24/20 - UGA Extension and Georgia Department of Agriculture seek to help farmers get produce to public 04/07/20 - Georgia 4-H celebrates 10 year collaboration with AmeriCorps VISTA 03/19/20 - UGA Extension helps Georgia improve water usage efficiency 02/19/20 - University of Georgia is marshaling its resources to battle farmer stress 11/08/19 - Talbot County natives serve community at UGA Extension office 08/27/19 - Dan Suiter to lead programming at UGA Center for Urban Agriculture 04/26/19 - Andrew Sawyer named pecan agent for Southeast District 02/07/19 - UGA CAES, Extension partner with SBDC to host Farm Business Education Conference 01/14/19 - Georgia Ag Forecast and resource fair to offer assistance to hurricane-affected communities 10/29/18 - Clarke County's Grow It Know It wins statewide honor from Georgia Organics 10/25/18 - UGA Extension recognizes Warren County School System with inaugural Outstanding Extension Farm to School Program Award 07/27/18 - Extension gives rural residents access to life-saving health education 07/17/18 - Scarrow to lead Extension Southwest District 05/03/18 - Nearly two dozen young people interning across the state this summer to improve lives with UGA Extension 01/10/18 - Janet Hollingsworth named director of UGA Extension's Southeast District 10/31/17 - Seventy-five Georgia school districts win Golden Radish Awards for farm-to-school accomplishments 10/11/17 - Testing the water: UGA Extension team studying agricultural water use in Georgia 09/27/17 - New UGA Extension water educators will teach Georgians how to conserve water 09/01/17 - Tal DuVall, former Georgia Extension director, dies at 84 03/14/17 - UGA Extension stressing importance of keeping pesticides on target 01/25/17 - UGA Cooperative Extension helping in south Georgia storm relief efforts 12/15/16 - UGA's Culpepper to serve on EPA Science Advisory Board 11/17/16 - UGA receives CDC grant to boost prevention efforts in Georgia's high-obesity counties 11/03/16 - UGA's Culpepper to receive prestigious award 10/18/16 - UGA's presence felt at Sunbelt this year 08/17/16 - UGA Extension building its leadership bench with Extension Academy of Professional Excellence 05/12/16 - CAES launches UGA Women in Agriculture Leadership Initiative 05/05/16 - New generation of UGA Cooperative Extension leaders graduate from ExTEND leadership program 03/23/16 - Extension planning one-on-one trainings for Georgia farmers 03/17/16 - Provost's visit to Tifton highlights links between Cooperative Extension, teaching and research 02/25/16 - Workshop educates farmers about building and sustaining a lasting farm 02/16/16 - Complaints of off-target movement of chemical applications decrease in 2015 02/11/16 - UGA summit on women in agriculture pulls attendees from across the Southeast 02/10/16 - UGA offers small business expertise to farmers 01/20/16 - UGA to host regional summit on women in agriculture Feb. 8 10/29/15 - Whitaker hired as UGA Cooperative Extension cotton agronomist 10/22/15 - UGA CAES highlights outreach, importance of Georgia agriculture at Sunbelt Ag Expo 10/01/15 - Female farmers flock to UGA Extension workshops this fall 09/17/15 - Animal scientist Mark McCann picked to head agricultural and natural resources program for UGA Extension 08/06/15 - UGA Cooperative Extension well represented in MPPPM program on UGA Tifton Campus 07/23/15 - Georgia Green Industry Association helps beautify the Hoke Smith Building 06/22/15 - Georgia 4-H, city of Pembroke help community earn State Farm grant 12/21/11 - UGA ag school develops 10-year plan 11/30/11 - 4-H'ers collect pop tabs, raise $63,000 for Ronald McDonald Houses 09/08/11 - UGA to hold student recruitment event in Tifton Sept. 20 05/06/10 - Service aims to end persistent poverty in Georgia 05/18/06 - Conference aims to lead youths out of poverty 08/24/05 - 4-H project 'Operation Boiled Peanuts' under way 07/02/02 - Georgia riders sending horse numbers soaring 05/02/01 - 4-H, FFA Beef School July 15-19 04/25/01 - Lamb Field Days Set in Athens, Tifton 02/09/00 - Georgia 4-H Benefit Horse Auction Slated 02/17/99 - 4-H Benefit Auction Offers Great Horses, Better Prices 02/03/99 - Life Skills on the Hoof? 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