Tom Oder

Apr 9, 2024 | m.farms.com | Tom Oder

By Tom OderIn 2017, Zach Hightower bought Shoal Creek Farms, a 250-acre cattle and poultry operation in Madison County, Georgia, after leasing it for several years. In the last few years, Zach has applied for Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to help address several problems on the farm.

Apr 8, 2024 | farmers.gov | Tom Oder |Lauren White |Joshua Colligan

In 2017, Zach Hightower bought Shoal Creek Farms, a 250-acre cattle and poultry operation in Madison County, Georgia, after leasing it for several years. In the last few years, Zach has applied for Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to help address several problems on the farm.

Mar 31, 2024 | georgiatrend.com | Tom Oder

While grocery shopping, you may have seen - or even sought out - anything from peaches and peanuts to jams and jellies and more that bear the Georgia Grown label. And if you stay to watch the credits after a movie, you've likely noticed a big peach logo if the film was shot in Georgia. Now there's a third label to call attention to Georgia's thriving and diversified economy: Georgia Made. Like Georgia Grown - the designation for food and agricultural products - Georgia Made is a branding program.

Oct 26, 2023 | georgiatrend.com | Tom Oder

UGA is helping Georgia communities solve local challenges. Georgia’s Public Service and Outreach staff likes to say UGA won three recent national championships. Two were the back-to-back 2022 and 2023 NCAA football championships. The other was for public service. Last November, UGA was awarded the C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.

Oct 24, 2023 | motherearthnews.com | Tom Oder

How long do monarch butterflies live? Learn about monarch butterfly generations and their lifespan while migrating across North America and how you can help protect their journeyWhen most people think about planting a garden, it’s probably fair to say they think of putting in spring and summer gardens. After all, fresh, bright-green foliage and colorful flowers after dreary, gray days of winter are a welcome sight.