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Shade grown peppers in Tifton research plot. Researcher: Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez. CAES News
Longer, improved pepper production with shade cloth
As the seasons turn, commercial bell pepper growers in the Southeast share a common foe: the sun.
Tomatoes are the stars of many home gardens. CAES News
Backyard tomato tactics
Few things in the garden seem to cause as much joy, heartbreak or anxiety as the fate of the summer’s backyard tomato harvest.
Eric Protsko and Glenn Beard win Walter B. Hill Awards CAES News
Hill Awards
Two University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences faculty members have received Walter Barnard Hill awards in recognition of their public outreach programs.
Wayne Parrott, a crop and soil sciences professor at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, checks out the growth of a few of his soybean plants. CAES News
Soybean uses
Soybeans are the world's largest single source of vegetable protein and edible oil, already used to make livestock feed, soymilk, tofu, adhesives, alternative fuels, disinfectants, plastics and particleboard. Using a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Georgia researcher Wayne Parrott hopes to uncover more uses for the popular legume.
4-H'er Andrew Day receives the President's Environmental Youth Award from Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. CAES News
Environmental youth award
Pulaski County 4-H member Andrew Day has earned the 2011 President's Environmental Youth Award for Region 4 for his efforts to fight water pollution.
Beehive at Rock Eagle 4-H Center CAES News
Rock Eagle + honeybees
Did you know that a hive of honeybees have to visit 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey? Spend Saturday, May 19, at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Ga., and explore the fascinating life of this incredible insect.
CAES News
Forum for food entrepreneurs
Those who are ready to take their “famous” barbecue sauce recipes or farm stand cheeses to the next level should make plans to attend the next Farm to Fork workshop, May 22-23 at the University of Georgia Campus in Griffin.
A carpenter bee prepares to build its nests in a tree. CAES News
Carpenter bees
Tiny piles of sawdust found in random spots are likely caused by large wood-drilling insects called carpenter bees.
UGA CAES horticulturist Allan Armitage CAES News
AHS recognizes Armitage
The American Horticultural Society has awarded University of Georgia horticulturalist Allan Armitage with the society’s most-prestigious honor, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Award.