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From the clothes we wear, to the food we eat, to the water we drink, CAES is doing the work that is needed now to create a more sustainable future for generations to come.

We are CAES:

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AgDawg alum Keith Kelly (BSA - Agricultural Economics, '80) first founded the Rural Scholars Scholarship Program in 2020 to level the playing field for students from Georgia’s rural communities facing obstacles beyond their control.

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🌱🚜 CAES experts are safeguarding America's food supply by developing cutting-edge technologies to improve how food moves through the supply chain.

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Loggerhead sea turtle Neptune is headed back to the Atlantic Ocean after a heartwarming release. Equipped with a satellite tracking device, he will share his journey with researchers, educators and sea turtle enthusiasts alike following along.

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The @universityofga's Center for Food Product Innovation and Commercialization is set to install a 55-liter high-pressure processing (HPP) system this fall, expanding its capabilities to help Georgia develop safer products with longer shelf lives.

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🧠 New research from our regenerative bioscience experts explores a more efficient way to deliver medicines targeting ALS to the brain: extracellular vesicles.

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Congratulations to the 2026 Georgia Farmer of the Year: Macon County dairy producer Pete Gelber!

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CAES experts are safeguarding America’s food supply by strengthening the resilience of American food systems and empowering growers to produce safe, nutritious and high-quality food.

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The @universityofga will lead the new Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut, a @StateDept program that brings together U.S. and international scientists to make peanut farming more productive, profitable and safe.

🔗 https://t.co/g1GK4cCCM9

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🌟 When Director of Industry Partnerships and Entrepreneurship Tony Llano looks at Georgia’s agricultural landscape, he sees possibility.

His mission: make CAES the industry partner of choice for agricultural innovation.

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🦠 UGA Center for Food Safety Director Francisco Diez-Gonzalez takes Georgians behind the scenes of the cyclospora outbreak and shares why data sharing and public trust are essential to keeping the food supply safe in the @universityofga's new podcast.

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🥕 So what does "organic" REALLY mean? In the latest episode of our Cultivating Curiosity podcast, Assistant Professor of Horticulture Kate Cassity-Duffey explains the principles behind organic farming.

🔗 Listen here: https://t.co/OYxZs5dZ6b

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🌟 Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack will deliver the 2026 D.W. Brooks Lecture, focusing on the relationship between American farm policy and the U.S. land-grant mission.

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🌱 Behind Georgia's thriving cotton industry is a team of experts who support the crop's resilient future with their research in plant breeding, precision agriculture, water management and more.

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Professor and @ga_res_alliance Eminent Scholar in Precision Agriculture Liang Dong is advancing real-time plant health monitoring through sensor technologies that enable plants to communicate what they are experiencing.

🔗 https://t.co/DWjbMMTV3W

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🌳 CAES horticulture experts are supporting a collaborative effort to reforest the Greater Augusta region as part of the Grow Back Project.

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CAES researchers and UGA Extension agents have identified four promising tomato cultivars that produced strong yields despite persistent disease challenges in south Georgia.

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This summer, six CAES students stepped onto Capitol Hill for a 12-week immersive experience in Washington, D.C., where they built leadership skills and deepened their understanding of national agricultural issues and the policymaking process.

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☕ During an internship with @Chobani, fourth-year food science and technology student Trang Nguyen helped reformulate a coffee creamer now sold in retail stores.

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🍅 CAES plant geneticist Esther van der Knaap and an international team of researchers have found the genetic tools to restore rich flavor to modern commercial tomato varieties.

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🌟 When Manpreet Singh stepped into the role of associate dean for graduate studies, faculty affairs and strategic initiatives, he did so knowing one thing for absolutely certain:

CAES thrives when its people are connected.

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