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UGA Extension helps two Georgia counties secure funding to fight obesity 12/30/16 Kyle Dawson
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension has been instrumental in helping two Georgia counties secure funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat obesity.
A medicine cabinet filled with medicine and personal hygiene items. CAES News
Ring in the new year with a less cluttered, more organized home 12/29/16 Keishon Thomas
January signals the beginning of a new year and provides a natural opportunity to accomplish several crucial organizational tasks. Eliminate clutter in your home by discarding or donating unused items.
Bright Lights Swiss chard is like a beet without a bottom. CAES News
Swiss chard: highly ornamental and wonderfully edible 12/29/16 Norman Winter
There's a lot to love about Swiss chard. It is highly ornamental and wonderfully edible.
Katrien Devos, a molecular geneticist at the University of Georgia, received at $1.8 million grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2016 to help lay the groundwork to make finger millet more productive and disease resistant. CAES News
UGA plant breeder working to unlock the genetics of finger millet – the orphan crop that feeds millions 12/28/16 Merritt Melancon
Relatively unknown outside of health food stores in the United States, millet has served as a staple food for families in Eastern Africa and Asia for thousands of years.
Jesse Lafian, a fourth-year horticulture student, designed a patent-pending moisture sensor that is the centerpiece of his startup, Reservoir LLC. Lafian won UGA's Next Top Entrepreneur, with a prize of $10,000 to put toward his company. CAES News
CAES student building startup based on smart irrigation technology 12/28/16 Merritt Melancon
Remote moisture sensors and smart irrigation rigs are promising to revolutionize the way farmers use water, but soon this same technology may be available to landscape managers and, eventually, homeowners.
The Europay, MasterCard and Visa chip is often called an “EMV chip.” The microchip located above the card number is designed to protect consumers from huge security breaches. CAES News
New EMV chip cards protect your finances from hackers 12/22/16 Keishon Thomas
The new EMV credit and debit cards may take longer to process, but they protect you from fraudulent charges at retail stores. Online and phone purchases are a different story.
Mixed containers featuring trailing pansies and dianthus make this Old Town patio in Columbus, Georgia, a cool season delight. CAES News
Pansies partner well with snapdragons, thyme and cypress in cool-season containers 12/22/16 Norman Winter
Trailing foliage and flowers are equally paramount to designing mixed baskets and containers in the cool season. Throughout the Old Town community in Columbus, Georgia, container gardens make colorful statements.
Mike Lacy is a professor emeritus and retired department head of the University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science. CAES News
Former UGA poultry scientist tapped by U.S. Department of State for outreach to South African farmers 12/21/16 Merritt Melancon
Mike Lacy, professor emeritus and former head of the University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science, has been tapped by the U.S. Department of State to help train agricultural extension agents in South Africa and to provide support to poultry farmers there.
Phillip Roberts, Extension entomologist with the University of Georgia Tifton Campus, searches a soybean plant at a field in Midville for kudzu bugs. CAES News
Kudzu-bug-resistant soybeans in development at the University of Georgia 12/21/16 Merritt Melancon
Kudzu bugs are not native to Georgia, but in the past seven years, they’ve made their homes in soybean fields across the southeastern U.S.

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