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>> In 1887, before tractors or television,
the University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
was working to improve the quality of life for
residents across the peach state.
From developing new cotton and tobacco varieties
to training future crop breeders,
the college’s programs focused on carrying out
the land-grant mission…
to seek, verify and apply knowledge related to
agriculture and the environment,
and to disseminate this knowledge through
student education and public outreach programs.
Today, the University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
continues to carry out this mission
through its teaching, research and Extension programs.
TEACHING
One of 16 colleges at the University of Georgia,
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
provides students with a small-college experience
within a large university setting.
The college currently offers 22 majors ranging from
agricultural communications, education and engineering
to poultry science, horticulture, entomology
and turfgrass management.
CAES students can earn undergraduate degrees,
master’s degrees, and doctorates in more than 10 different areas.
At the University of Georgia,
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
boasts the highest placements of students
into graduate and professional schools.
CAES students graduate ready and able to take on careers
in agriculture and environmental protection
on a regional, national and international level.
More than half of the college’s graduates
pursue careers in business, with both agricultural and
non-agricultural firms.
CAES graduates can be found working in government,
environmental protection, education, management,
finance, research, processing and manufacturing.
When asked what they remembered most
about their college experience,
CAES graduates most oftened mentioned the personal attention
they received from caring faculty and staff members
and the family atmosphere the college is known for.
CAES students don’t just learn inside the classroom;
through the Deans’ Promise program
students in the college are given the opportunity
to learn first-hand in real world environments
like greenhouses, laboratories, gardens and fields.
Students can also choose to study abroad
by visiting countries like Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica,
France, Italy, Tanzania and Thailand.
There, they learn first-hand how other agricultural systems work
and get a taste, literally, of other cultures.
RESEARCH
For more than 100 years, CAES scientists have conducted
research in every region of Georgia and every ecological,
environmental and socioeconomic area of the state.
Scientists at three main research campuses,
and branch stations across the state,
conduct experiments under varying
geographic and climatic conditions.
CAES faculty work to provide new varieties of crops
like cotton, peanut, soybean, onion and
other traditional row crops.
They also develop improved varieties of peaches,
blueberries and other fruits
as well as ornamental crops like daylilies, azaleas and
a host of other greenhouse plants.
Entomologists in the college work to find
environmentally-friendly ways to fight household pests
like termites and carpenter ants and landscape pests like aphids,
fire ants and spittle bugs.
They also fight to keep essential pollinator
honeybees healthy.
CAES scientists also work to preserve natural resources
by finding ways to reduce water and chemical usage
in greenhouses, in fields,
on farms and in the food industry.
To broaden Georgia’s farmer’s market share,
scientists in the college also study the feasibility
of new crops for Georgia like olives, bananas, and even kiwi;
and look for ways to add value to existing crops
by discovering alternative uses like
agricultural by-products used to create biofuel.
Food scientists in the college search for new food products
from Georgia crops like chips and crackers
made from peanut flour.
Once Georgia crops leave the fields and farms,
CAES food scientists and engineers search for new ways to
preserve foods and insure they are free from harmful pathogens.
EXTENSION
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension,
the college’s outreach arm, was founded in 1914 to take
research-based information to the people of Georgia.
County agents are truly the face of the college in counties
across the state and serve as local experts in the areas of
family, consumer, agriculture and natural resource topics.
County agents also provide homeowners with access to
soil and water tests and give advice on safe pesticide use.
To help them answer consumer questions,
they also train volunteer assistants through
the Georgia Master Gardener Program.
Cooperative Extension also coordinates
Georgia's largest youth program,
Georgia 4-H.
Each year, 165,000 young Georgians participate in
community projects, summer camps and conferences
through Georgia 4-H.
The leadership skills and values they learn in 4-H
last a lifetime.
Through teaching, research and Extension programs,
the University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
strives to educate Georgians –
from farmers who need to increase their yields
to college students who will be future agricultural leaders
to 4-H’ers who need to learn lifelong leadership skills.
CAES reaches Georgians from the north Georgia mountains
to the Marshes of Glynn.
For more information on
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences programs,
contact your local Cooperative Extension office at
1-800-ASK-UGA1
or visit the college Web site at
www.caes.uga.edu
© 2012 University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences