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Safety Important At Concession Stands |
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Reducing The Chances Of
Getting Sick At School |
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| Food
Safety Important For Hunters |
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| Help
A Garden Site With A Cover Crop |
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| Using
The Texas Two-Step To Control Fire Ants |
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| Food
Safety Important At Concession Stands |
1:49 |
Workers at recreation concession
stands should do all they can to help food safety come out a
winner. |
As fall begins, youth football
and soccer will kick off, and bring a lot of people to athletic
fields and stadiums. One of the most popular sights at a recreation
field is the concession stand, where people eat a quick snack.
Since so many people visit concession stands, it's important
to handle the foods safely, and keep the facilities clean. Judy
Harrison, a foods specialist with the University of Georgia's
College of Family and Consumer Sciences says it's very important
for concession stand workers to keep their hands clean when
handling food. "When we go in to work in those concession stands,
be sure that we're being clean with the food. That means washing
out hands and forearms for at least twenty seconds with warm
running water and soap when we go into work. And also using
gloves on our clean hands for handling ready to eat foods."
Judy Harrison with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
When working with frozen foods, remember to thaw out only the
amount you will use. Once the concession stand is closed, allow
plenty of time to give the area a good, solid cleanup, so the
facilities will be clean and ready for the next group of workers.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Reducing
The Chances Of Getting Sick At School |
1:37 |
Parents will have to do their
part to keep germs and viruses away from their children at school.
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As children crowd the halls
and move into classrooms this new school year, germs and viruses
will also go back to school. And with each passing day, the
numbers of disease carrying germs increase rapidly. As their
numbers multiply, the chances of your children getting sick
increase. Diane Bales, a human development specialist with the
University of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer Sciences
says it appears some children are more likely to get bit by
a contagioius bug at school. "Yeah, some children seem to be
more susceptible, some of it has to do with their immune system,
a lot of it has to do with how healthy they are, how well they
eat, how much exercise and sleep they get and some of it may
or may not just be what their tendencies that they're born with."
Diane Bales with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences,
who adds a healthy child starts with parents who help them build
healthy bodies at home. Illness prevention starts with good,
regular hand washing on the part of both adults and children
to cut down on the spread of germs. Good nutrition, regular
physical activity, and adequate rest are also important factors
that give a child's body a fighting chance when disease carrying
germs or viruses attack. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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| Food
Safety Important For Hunters |
1:45 |
Hunters should not overlook
the importance of food safety when handling the game they kill.
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During the fall hunters
in Georgia and the Southeast start checking their guns and bows
and arrows, as they get ready for another hunting season. But
a foods specialist with the University of Georgia's College
of Family and Consumer Sciences says hunters should include
food safety items with guns, shells, and other hunting equipment.
"I would recommend that you take along some soap and jugs of
clean water for washing hands and knives. Take along some things
like hand sanitizers to eliminate even more germs on your hands
before you handle the meat. And disposable gloves and aprons
will also help you to prevent contamination when you're field
dressing the animal. Alcohol wipes can be used to clean your
knife frequently between cuts to prevent even more contamination."
That was Judy Harrison with the College of Family and Consumer
Sciences. Hunters should also take plenty of ice for coolers
to pack deer, wild hogs, and birds. Since temperatures can be
quite warm during hunting season, it's important to get that
meat on ice as soon as it is dressed, so you won't take home
food borne pathogens. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Help
A Garden Site With A Cover Crop |
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A cover crop can help a garden
site be ready for that spring garden in 2009. |
After a summer of battling
heat and humidity while picking vegetables, many gardeners want
to give their garden site a rest, while they cool down. Bob
Westerfield, a horticulturist with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says help
that garden area rest up by planting a cover crop. "By tilling
it in and planting a cover crop, you're introducing another
grass or legume into that soil which probably will not have
any major pests. And then later on down the road when you till
it in and get ready for the spring garden, you're actually putting
organic matter which releases nutrients and builds the soil
for your spring garden.:" Bob Westerfield with the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who adds some excellent
legumes include clover or winter peas. The ideal time to plant
a cover crop is between late September and early October after
soil temperatures cool down. The best thing about planting cover
crops is they're nearly pest-free, and maintenance free. A cover
crop gives a bright, green contrast when surrounding fields
and lawns may be brown and dormant. Clover also produces an
attractive display of flowers in the spring. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Using
The Texas Two-Step To Control Fire Ants |
1:40 |
When it comes to controlling
fire ants, the Texas two-step process does not dance around.
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Many people have developed a talent for dancing, when their
feet comes in contact with a fire ant mound. Scientists with
the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences have found a two-step approach developed in Texas
does a good job killing these painful insects. Step one involves
treating with a bait product when the soil is dry and cool.
"You want to go in and bait the ants late in the afternoon.
When you apply the bait, the ground has to be dry, there can't
be any dew on the ground because if you apply bait to grass
that has dew on it, you end up ruining the bait and the ants
will not collect the bait so you want to put the bait on the
ground when it's pretty dry and let the bait settle down into
the ground. Fire ants just don't forage during the prime heat
of the day, so from, say noon until four or five o' clock,
fire ants are just not out foraging." That was Dan Suiter
with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
After seven to ten days, kick or poke the mound with a stick.
If the mound is still active, treat it with a contact insecticide.
Run a long stick down through the center of the mound. Then
pull the stick out and pour in the premixed insecticide. Pour
it in quickly, since fire ants will try to run away when the
mound is disturbed. This completes the Texas two-step on fire
ants until next year. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton.
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