Impacts Magazine: Fall 2008
Welcome to Clemson Impacts magazine, a quarterly guide to research highlights and services benefiting the citizens of South Carolina, the nation and the world.
Magazine features are sorted by the 5 Focus Areas of Public Service Activities:
- Agrisystems, Productivity & Profitability
- Economic & Community Development
- Environmental Conservation
- Food Safety & Nutrition
- Youth Development & Families
News
- Letter from the Vice President
- New facility delivers latest imaging technology
- New directors named
- Research and public service honored
Agrisystems, Productivity & Profitability
- Olympic horseman teaches jumping clinic
- Plant breeders introduce new soybean varieties
- Certified Crop Advisors training consolidated
- Switchgrass: the alternative alternative fuel
- Software saves farmers time in the field
- Turf research keeps golf course green – and saves some green
- Temperature research helps floriculture industry thrive
Economic & Community Development
- Grow a business by taking the FastTrac
- Strong Communities improves child welfare
- Economic development center aids rural planners
- Pee Dee Scholars study economic development
Environmental Conservation
- Local communities join to tackle stormwater
- Not your average water feature
- Hunting generates income for landowners and businesses
- Drought information is online
- Needle ants pose health and environmental threat
- Fungi and insect combination is damaging beech trees
Food Safety & Nutrition
- Bitter melon may provide treatment for diabetes
- Spices do more than flavor foods – they can prevent spoiling
- New packaging technology keeps food fresher, more appealing
Youth Development & Families
- Camp Long Field Day rewards hard work
- Teens prepare for service to schools and communities
- New partnership serves York County boys
- 4-H20 Pontoon Classroom teaches value of clean water
- Barn Painting Benefits 4-H programs