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Dawson County
UGA Extension Office

Our Impact

Making A Difference in Our County

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is working hard for its constituents. The following are examples of Extension’s impact in the county over the past year.

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4-H Youth Development

 From photo contest to cooking contest, spirit day activities to classroom  club meetings. Members grow their pumpkins and watermelons throughout the summer for our contests.   

To provide an after-school agriculture experience, Dawson County 4-H offers  the Dawson County 4-H Livestock Show Team for fourth through high school 4-H’ers. Through this collaboration, younger students are now able to start showing earlier in school and continue developing their showmanship skills through high school. There are currently many 4-H members on the livestock show team showing, dairy, beef, goats and hogs.

Family and Consumer Sciences

Although Dawson County does not have a Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) agent based in the county Extension office, we strive to assist local residents with their questions. Common questions cover food safety, food preservation, dealing with mold and mildew, healthy meal planning, nutrition, family budgeting, SNAP-Ed resources and more. These issues and others are answered through a wide variety of free UGA Extension publications available at the county office and phone conferences with Family and Consumer Sciences agents from surrounding counties. Often neighboring FACS agents are conducting programming that our county residents are welcome to attend. Our office can provide that information to residents.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

The UGA Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources agent in Dawson County, Clark MacAllister, assists farmers and homeowners with many topics including soil fertility, safe pesticide usage, private pesticide license testing, water usage, home gardening, small farm startups, and crop and pasture management. The UGA Extension office in Dawson County also provides soil, water, forage, and plant-pathogen testing through the Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratory at UGA.

The Amicalola Regional Farmers Market was started by a local group of citizens and stakeholders to promote consumption of local produce andcrafts. The group has a wonderful market venue on Allen Street in Dawsonville. Thank you to the City of Dawsonville for this facility. The farmers market had several new and returning vendors from last year’s market. The UGA Extension agent acted as market manager for the market season. The Amicalola Regional Farmers market has successfully increased access to fresh, local fruits and vegetables to citizens of Dawson County and surrounding areas.