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  • Communications Awards by Kim Post Now that we are in March, you have (less than) two weeks remaining to apply for NACAA/GACAA Communications Awards. They are due March 15, 2022, and can include any materials you have used in your programming since March 15, 2021. I would definitely encourage you to apply as there are…

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  • This is the last week of the 2022 membership drive for the Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents (GACAA) and the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA)!  If you haven’t renewed membership, what better time than now. Membership is open to UGA Extension and Fort Valley State Extension professionals, and other UGA professionals having a…

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  • This is the last week of the 2021 membership drive for the Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents (GACAA) and the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA)!  If you haven’t renewed membership, what better time than now. Membership is open to UGA Extension and Fort Valley State Extension professionals, and other UGA professionals having a…

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  • GACAA held their Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference on November 11, 2020 via Zoom. The achievements of GACAA members were recognized as well as research and programs presented during the presentations and poster sessions. Posters can still be viewed: Extension Education Applied Research Below is the recording of the meeting.

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  • The 2021 GACAA Officers and Board of Directors that were elected and installed at the November GACAA AM/PIC, held virtually, are as follows: Past President – Wade Parker Treasurer – Ty Torrance Secretary – Carole Knight Vice President – Brenda Jackson President Elect – Justin Shealey President – Gary Hawkins  Northwest                          Jr – Melissa…

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  • This has been quite an interesting year, especially for programming. While not much has changed for me in conducting site visits and on-farm research trials, my urban Ag programs have had to evolve.  Each year, Bibb and Houston County work together and offer the Master Gardener class. This year’s class was rocking and rolling when…

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  • This July I will be turning in my dossier to try to move up the ladder in the self-promotion system for PSO faculty.  This can be a frustrating process as you begin to organize, restructure, and compile information to a format that is desired by the review committees.

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  • My apologies for taking a hiatus from posting to this blog. In line with our current situation, I hope to make more frequent blog posts with information and things that you, as GACAA members, can use. I have tasked our leadership with writing posts to share. If you have ideas on topics that you would…

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  • The GACAA Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference was held November 5 -7, 2018 at Legacy Lodge at Lake Lanier.  Congratulations to Keith Fielder and all who assisted him in hosting a great meeting. There members got an opportunity to plan, present and fellowship with other agents from around the state.  It was also a…

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  • The Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents honored several for their service and dedication to UGA Cooperative Extension and the field of agriculture at the 2017 Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement conference held in Columbus on November 6-8, 2017. Fruit disease State Specialist, Dr. Phillip Brannen, received the Senior State Specialist award and Jason Duggin (left), beef…

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  • Now that the 2017 NACAA annual meeting and professional improvement conference in Salt Lake City is over, its time to start thinking about the rest of 2017 and other GACAA activities you can participate in. Food Booth 2017 Join us at the Sunbelt Expo in Moultrie on October 17-19 at the GACAA food booth.  Help is…

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