Impacts Magazine - Winter 2008
News
- Letter from the Vice President
- Porter earns regional Extension award
- Packaging science and graphics merge to serve industry
- Peace Corps service can lead to master’s degree
- Master Gardeners grow funds for scholarship program
- Roper Mountain science programs include agriculture
- Plant compounds can enhance insect pest controls
- Agrosecurity conference to protect nation’s meat supply
- Chapin receives highest Extension award
Agrisystems, Productivity & Profitability
- Clemson horses compete in World Championship Show
- Tri-county cattlemen increase sales and profits
- Farm and Ranch Expo highlights agriculture
- Plant pest ID course cuts ag losses
- Clemson researcher makes biofuel from rotten peaches
- State plan becomes national model for bird flu response
Economic & Community Development
- Women’s Connection mobilizes statewide effort
- Survey reveals issues important to state citizens
- Former mill village undergoes Renaissance
Environmental Conservation
- Horse trails book teaches ecologically sound principles
- Switchgrass could produce more ethanol than corn
- Predator beetle attacks woolly adelgid in Appalachian hemlocks
- “Silvopasture” combines timber, pasture and cattle
- The Cliffs signs partnership for turf research
- Baruch facility wins regional energy award
- Plant regulators test response plan for invasive weed
Food Safety & Nutrition
- Food and nutrition program reaches out to Hispanic community
- Forage-fed cattle benefits nutrition and farm revenue
- Mercury research helps identify link between environment and food
Youth Development & Families
- Camp Long goes green
- Former 4-H member endows beef leadership program
- Book helps parents and educators prevent cyber bullying
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