Impacts Magazine: Winter 2009
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
- Vice President’s Message
- Director named for Pee Dee Research and Education Center
- Top dogs at Garrison Arena
- Beekeepers Association seeks research partners
- Comprehensive book on growing peaches
Agrisystems, Productivity & Profitability
- A noble muscadine harvest
- Sumter livestock producers invest in new veterinarians
- Finding high-yield cotton for growers
- Lessons learned abroad help at home
- Sorghum is more than just sweet syrup
- Cattlemen’s Day attracts more than 150 people
Economic & Community Development
- Symposium to strengthen families and communities
- Georgetown entrepreneurs take FastTrac to grow
- Corridor of opportunity
Environmental Conservation
- Water conference addresses economic impact for state
- As environments change, life seeks to fit in
- Saving a rainy day
- Mercury: It’s not good for fish or fishermen
- Landscaping with the environment, not against it
- We all live downstream
Food Safety & Nutrition
- Veterinary diagnostic laboratory earns top rating
- Safe food-handling information now in Chinese
- Families learn to eat better and move more
Youth Development & Families
- Students gain new perspective on ability to learn
- Environmental education program earns national endorsement
- Cherokee County 4-H helps schools save the environment
- New Upstate camp could serve thousands each year
Download the entire Winter 2009 issue (PDF, 9.4 MB)