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Page 14 — Wednesday, July 21,2021, The True Citizen
Georgia’s best kept secret
FOOD GIVEAWAY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
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MARY BETH MALLARD
marybethmallard@uga.edu
Agriculture is a big field, no
pun intended, and no one per
son will know all the answers,
all the time. Albert Einstein
once said, “I do not need to
know everything, I just need
to know where to find it when
I need it.” That is exactly why
UGA Extension exists. Many
refer to us as “Georgia’s best
kept secret” because we have
countless resources to offer, but
not many people know we are
here to help.
UGA Extension has been
around for a long time. “The
Smith-Lever Act of 1914 codi
fied into federal law, and pro
vided funding for, outreach
endeavors at the Land-Grant
Universities founded by the
Morrill Act of 1862... The
appropriation for Cooperative
Extension as established by
Smith-Lever was unique in that
it set up a shared partnership
among the federal, state, and
county levels of government.”
(UGA Extension) For more
than 100-years, research from
the University of Georgia has
been published and funneled
down through Extension of
fices so fanners, growers and
homeowners would have the
resources they need to be
successful. The first exten
sion office was mobile and
was referred to as a mobile
classroom. This was a train car
that traveled around Georgia
hosting classes and trainings
on the most up-to-date agricul
tural practices. Today there is a
UGA Extension office in every
county in Georgia.
UGA Extension offices have
3 basic branches; Agriculture
and Natural Resources (ANR),
4-H, and Family and Consumer
Sciences (FACS). Peyton Sapp
is the Burke County ANR
Agent and works with growers
and homeowners each day to
help them with an agriculture
need. He commonly gets ques
tions about weed/pest control,
irrigation and plant disease
identification. Each counties
agriculture looks different, but
every ANR agent in Georgia
uses the UGA resources to
provide the most current in
formation to farmers so that
everyone is on the same page
and getting the guidance they
need. President Jimmy Carter
and his family relayed on UGA
Extension on their family farm.
He states, “...our source of
advice when Daddy wanted to
do something better or learn
about a new species of peanut
or cotton or corn was to go to
the Extension Service.” To hear
more about UGA Extension
from President Jimmy Carter
and Governor Nathan Deal
please scan the QR code.
4-H is the second branch of
extension and has been since
it was established in 1912.
Meridith Franks is the Burke
County 4-H Agent and she
works with the youth in our
community who compete in
agriculture-based competi
tions. She also takes numerous
children to 4-H camps each
year and works with them on
ag. projects which they pres
ent at competitions. Governor
Nathan Deal participated in
4-H during his youth. He states,
“My earliest experience with
the Cooperative Extension
Service came as a result of
joining the 4-H club when
I was probably in a middle-
school age group.” He went on
to create projects to present in
district competitions and show
livestock. We have active 4-H
members in Burke County now
working on projects of their
own and making our commu
nity proud by the great job they
are doing and the excitement
they have about agriculture.
The Family and Consum
er Science Agent for Burke
County is Terri Black. Mrs.
Terri works to coordinate pro
grams to help meet the needs of
families in our community. She
teaches several classes such
as car seat education and food
preservation. She also teaches
serve safe classes and serves
as the liaison for volunteer
income tax assistance (VITA).
Terri Black states, “Family and
Consumer Sciences (FACS)
Extension provides opportuni
ties for citizens and families
to learn how to live their best
life. From health to financial
management to food safety and
child health and safety, every
individual in Burke County can
benefit from FACS Extension
programming.”
Working as an intern at
Burke County UGA Exten
sion has not only taught me
about pesticides and planting
practices, it has given me new
friends, mentors, and provided
me with the opportunity to
serve and leam from the com
munity that helped raise me.
Please continue to support
your local UGA Extension of
fice and remember, the secret
is out, so if you ever have any
questions, you know who to
call. (706-554-2119)
Waynesboro Deliverance Evangelistic Church, 938 Old Waynesboro Road,
Waynesboro, will hold the Golden Harvest Food Bank Senior Market Saturday
July 24, from 9 a.m.-noon. This event is for people 60 years of age and older.
Call Lottie Higgins at 706.526.1584 for additional information.
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