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Sep 19 - Sep 20 State Forestry Field Day Contest Eatonton, GA 4-H Event

Sep 21 - Sep 22 ServSafe® Manager Certification Training and Exam Waynesboro, GA Georgia Cooperative Extension provides the nationally recognized and accredited ServSafe® training for foodservice managers from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF). Upon successful completion of the ServSafe® examination, the ServSafe® Food Protection Manager certificate will be issued by the NRAEF. Workshops are offered in multiple locations throughout the state; see each training's contact for details.

Sep 22 ServSafe® Manager Certification Training and Exam Moultrie, GA Georgia Cooperative Extension provides the nationally recognized and accredited ServSafe® training for foodservice managers from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF). Upon successful completion of the ServSafe® examination, the ServSafe® Food Protection Manager certificate will be issued by the NRAEF. Event Website: http://extension.uga.edu/calendar/?containstext=servsafe

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Early fall is ideal for seeding tall fescue lawns Posted by on Sep 17, 2020 Over the past few weeks I’ve been getting quite a few calls about what homeowners need to do to either establish or spruce up existing tall fescue lawns. If your lawn isn’t as lush as you’d like it to be, and you’ve been considering sowing some seed, this article is...

North Georgia Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale Posted by on Sep 15, 2020 Each year the North Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteers coordinate a spring plant sale, of which all profits are used to provide college scholarships for Fannin and Copper Basin High School students pursuing higher education in an agriculture-related field. Unfortunately, due to the shutdown brought on by COVID-19, the annual...

Fall Armyworms are on the move Posted by on Aug 28, 2020 Georgia farmers are never surprised to see fall armyworms munching on their stands of corn, sorghum and forage hay crops – they just hope for a low number of armyworms. UGA Extension Entomologist, Will Hudson, describes fall armyworms as the “larval or caterpillar stage of a nondescript, small gray moth...