The Cloister on Sea Island is a combination of elegance and laid-back on the beach living. Though not filled with vacationers right now, the Christmas spirit is still celebrated throughout the resort and its fine restaurants. The Monitors Rick Treptow takes us to the Cloisters kitchen for a recipe that uses Georgia products, and can be enjoyed for the holidays and all winter long.
At its 71st Annual Convention at Jekyll Island recently, the Georgia Farm Bureau focused on opportunities for the future. In this report, the Monitors Ryan Naquin explains why this years convention was centralized around one common theme.
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2009 has been a frustrating year for many cotton producers. They got a late start planting the crop, which in turn pushed back harvest. The Monitors Mark Wildman paid a visit to one Dooly County producer to see just how the crop in his county is turning out.
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We often hear people say support our troops but many people dont know how. Now there is a simple way and it is called Trees for Troops. It is a national program run by the non-profit Christmas Spirit Foundation. This year the Georgia Christmas Tree Growers Association is again actively taking part, as Denny Moore found out.
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Livestock farmers know the hardships of caring for their animals during hazardous weather conditions. But what about when the weather may be dangerous to their own lives. The Monitors Ryan Naquin explains that Georgians now have a SAFE place at Fort Valley State University to bring their animals during disasters.
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For Georgia Pecan producers, maintaining a healthy orchard is vital in keeping the quality and the quantity of pecans high. New research is being conducted at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus that may change some of the techniques normally used in Georgia pecan orchards. The Monitors Mark Wildman has the story.
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The US Department of Labor estimates 288000 agricultural workers have experienced some kind of disability, whether it be a loss of all or part of a limb, or a chronic health condition. Georgia has between 25000 and 35000 individuals with some type of disability. A farm will now be constructed in South Georgia to make new technology available to them, and one that will educate all of us. Rick Treptow has the story.
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Entries are being accepted for the 2010 Georgia Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award, spotlighting those farmers taking the best steps to farm in environmentally responsible ways. Denny Moore interviews Donnie Smith, agricultural liaison to Governor Sonny Perdue.
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This year, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin declared November as Pecan Month to spotlight the specialty crop industry. In this report, the Monitors Ryan Naquin shows us how the pecan industry is focusing on a market theyve never targeted before.
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