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Learn Bicycle Safety In Southwest Georgia |
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Survey Reveals Factors
Considered When Eating Out |
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| Don't
Apply A Volcano Mulch |
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| Food
Safety Training For Restaurants |
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| Holiday
Turkey Supply Looks Good |
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| Children
Learn Bicycle Safety In Southwest Georgia |
1:29 |
A Southwest Georgia county
is working hard to reduce the number of injuries involving children
riding bicycles. |
Since Randolph County is
a rural county in Southwest Georgia, a lot of children still
ride bicycles. To help children ride safely, a bicycle safety
day was held last year for children ages eight through fourteen
in Randolph and four surrounding counties. Kris Peavy, a county
extension agent in Randolph County says children learned about
bicycle injuries, and how to be safe whey riding their bicycles.
"Bicycle safety like using your hand signals and like tuning
up your bike to make sure your brakes were working and how do
you put your chain back on without hurting yourself like injuring
your finger, and then the brain related injury, and then how
to choose the correct helmet, what's the proper way for your
helmet to fit." Kris Peavy with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. There were
also activities that gave the children a chance to win helmets,
knee pads, water bottles, and bike horns as door prizes. Around
sixty children took part in the bicycle safety day in Randolph
County. Serious consideration is being given to having another
bicycle safety day for children in 2007. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Survey
Reveals Factors Considered When Eating Out |
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A recent report indicates Americans
put several considerations on the scales when they make decisions
about eating out. |
The report stated that the
daily caloric intake from food eaten at restaurants has increased
from eighteen percent in the late seventies, to thirty-two percent
in the mid-nineties. This includes fast food and full service
restaurants. Judy Harrison, a foods specialist with the University
of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer Sciences says studies
indicate foods served at both fast food and full service restaurants
tend to be less nutritious, and contains more calories. She
adds the survey was done to find out what factors people consider
when deciding where to eat out. "And so they looked at convenience,
they looked at consumer's knowledge of diet and health and basically
what factors consumers are looking for when they choose a restaurant."
Judy Harrison with the College of Family and Consumer Science.
The study found that consumers want healthful foods, and do
apply knowledge of health and nutrition to the food choices
they make. They also weigh convenience and entertainment value
as they make their choices. When dining out mainly for convenience,
consumers are seventeen percent more likely to purchase fast
food. Diners who are looking for healthier food choices are
nineteen percent more likely to eat at full service restaurants.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Don't
Apply A Volcano Mulch |
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It won't blow up in a yard
or landscape garden, but volcano mulch can cause a lot of problems
for trees and shrubs. |
Mulching has many benefits
for trees and plants in a landscape. But it must be done properly
to help landscape trees and shrubs survive stressful times.
Gary Wade, a horticulturist with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says a volcano
mulch provides too much of a good thing. He adds piling several
feet of mulching material will give the appearance of a small
volcano around landscape plants. "And it's just a large amount
of mulch that has been placed in a small area and it kind of
looks like a volcano around the base of a tree. And this is
very stressful to the tree over a period of time." Gary Wade
with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The key to proper mulching is to follow the example of mother
nature. The natural mulch of fallen leaves is flat, and around
two-four inches thick. The university scientist adds mulch layer
three inches deep after settling is enough for most plants.
Mulching properly will help keep plants healthy. Volcano mulches
can have the opposite effect, and put landscape trees and shrubs
under more stress. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Food
Safety Training For Restaurants |
1:25 |
A county near Atlanta is working
to keep food-borne illnesses from growing rapidly, like the
county. |
Henry County is one of the
fastest growing counties in the nation. With this rapid growth,
more restaurants are moving in, so they can serve the food needs
of the public. But this boom in the restaurant industry has
also increased the efforts to prevent food-borne illnesses in
the county. Susan Howington, a county extension agent in Henry
County says ServSafe training sessions were provided for food
service workers in the county. Part of the training included
proper hand washing, with the help of a black light. "So we
even go through the steps of telling them how to wash their
hands sometimes we'll use what we consider a black light to
show them and let them wash their hands, come back and use the
black light, and it tells them if they're not washing their
hands correctly." Susan Howington with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. All of those
taking part in the training stated they would consider having
written standards for hand washing procedures in their restaurants.
Around ninety percent indicated they plan to change their food
handling practices, and work harder at preventing food-borne
illnesses. John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Holiday
Turkey Supply Looks Good |
1:28 |
There should be plenty of turkeys
for consumers to gobble down at the dinner table during the
2006 holiday season. |
The shorter, colder days
of mid-November bring reminders that Thanksgiving and Christmas
are sneaking up on us. That means many people are beginning
to think about sitting down at the table, to feast on turkey
and the trimmings, starting at Thanksgiving. Mike Lacy, a poultry
scientist with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences says there will be plenty of turkeys
in grocery stores for consumers this holiday season. Despite
the good supply of turkeys, it's still a good idea to shop early,
and not wait until the last minute. "The market on turkeys should
be good as always, plentiful crop. As always it's good to go
and make your selections early to make sure you get the right
size and that type of thing." Mike Lacy with the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who adds prices for
turkeys should be good, and shoppers should notice very little
changes in prices from last year. So as Georgian's begin making
plans to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and Friends, they
should have no problems finding plenty of turkeys to carve up
and serve when everyone sits down at the dinner table to gobble
up their Thanksgiving meal. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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