Guest post by Rebecca Brightwell, Associate Director / Public Service Faculty, University of Georgia, College of Family & Consumer Sciences, Institute on Human Development & Disability Farmers markets are hotter than ever before. A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report to Congress shares that local and regional food sales in the U.S. totaled…
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UGA announced another new publication today that adds to the series on community and school gardens. Are you aware of these publications? They could be very useful in talking with teachers or gardeners or other groups in the community who ask MGEVs about community and school gardens. Just in case…
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We use the Educational Activity Report (EAR) in MGLOG to capture details about a public event hosted by MGEVs. It’s really a progress report or highlight of an event that shares important information, such as the number of attendees and length of teaching time, with Agents. This information is easily…
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(originally printed in The Volunteer Vine, Volume 9, November 2014, page 4) Are you in that end-of-year reflecting mode, as 2014 comes to a close? Are you taking a look at your projects that you worked on this year? Thinking about what 2015 might hold? Is the plant sale committee already…
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Recently, a MGEV told me she was headed to Alabama to enjoy their annual Master Gardener conference. She asked me how to track and record those hours. I reminded her that attending a conference like this is time spent learning, so these hours are recorded as continuing education. Purpose of…
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MGEV projects and events are in full swing all across Georgia. Volunteer service hours are piling up! How are you tracking them? Some MGEVs write the hours on a pocket calendar or record them in their smart phones as they accrue. Did you know that you can record them directly…
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Did you know that a group of people, known as the Advisory Panel, contributes to the guidance and direction of the Georgia MGEV Program? This panel was first put together in September 2012 as a listening tool for the State Program Office. At the first meeting in Griffin, 16 people came…
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a guest post by Carole Teja, MGEV in Gwinnett County Earth-friendly gardening is not new, but it is receiving increasing attention as we become more aware of nature’s biodiversity in maintaining the local ecology and its importance to our well-being. This book is therefore a welcome addition to the literature on…
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The third Saturday in March is celebrated as MGEV Appreciation Day. Typical celebration activities include proclamations, plant clinics, and other community education activities. It is a local celebration most years, though we had a large statewide celebration in 2014. This year, March 19 is our special day. Across the state, Agents…
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Master Gardeners, as a rule, are superstars in their own right. Pledging to volunteer 50 hours in a year after first completing 40+ hours of classroom training and two exams merits some stardom in itself! For some MGEVs, though, that basic training is simply not enough. They want to know…
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