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>> Narrator: Not only is the University of Georgia’s
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
doing some award-winning work, it’s as pretty as a picture.
Wait. That is a picture.
Okay, let’s get the dirt on this place from a genuine soil expert
— the Dean himself — Dr. Scott Angle.
Tell us about the students here.
>> Dean Scott Angle: A lot of people tend to think that
we have students primarily from farm backgrounds in the college.
That’s really not true.
Only 5% come from a rural or farm background;
58% of the students are female.
So we’re really quite a diverse college.
>> Narrator: Good to know.
And to find out what kinds of things
those students are working on here, you’ll want to meet
Dr. Steve Stice and Dr. Franklin West.
Tell us about what you guys are doing.
>> Dr. Steve Stice: Mainly I’m using stem cells in animals and
humans for human health and agricultural applications.
>> Narrator: Wait a second.
That’s not stuff people usually think of as agriculture.
>> Dr. Franklin West: A lot of times people perceive that
a career in agriculture will end up being up on a farm working
with tractors and animals and that sort of thing.
And that’s actually not so.
>> Narrator: So what are they doing with their agriculture degrees?
>> Dr. West: A lot of people that I’ve interacted with
are interested in going into biomedical research, or
some of them have taken their degrees and they’ve gone
to law school, so like patent law.
Pharmacy school.
So there’s a lot of things that you can do with an ag degree.
>> Narrator: Cool stuff.
But don’t worry, UGA’s College of Ag
has plenty of experts in more traditional fields
Like…?
>> Dr. Wayne Hanna: Well our job really is watching the grass grow.
>> Narrator: Meet Dr. Wayne Hanna,
one of the world’s leading turfgrass experts —
turfgrass that’s used for everything from
feeding cattle to playing football.
>> Dr. Hanna: Most of the athletic fields
in the southern half of the United States
have one or more of our grasses.
And then also we have them on international fields
— in 2010 the World Cup in South Africa.
>> Narrator: But no matter what you’re doing at
UGA’s College of Ag, you’ll find 1 common theme.
>> Dean Angle: Technology is the driver of the future of agriculture.
Our population is going to require twice as much food
by the year 2050 as we are producing today.
Yet we have no more land.
And we’ll probably have less water.
And so the answer to produce more food
on the same amount of land
and with less water is technology.
>> Narrator: And that technology allows the folks here
to do some really rewarding work!
>> Dean Angle: All of the faculty and staff in the
College of Agriculture wake up every day with
the intent to make the State of Georgia better.
We work for the citizens of Georgia.
We train the citizens of Georgia.
And our students go back to work in the businesses,
the farms and the agribusinesses of the state.
And that just gives you a good feeling about how
you do your job, and why you are doing what we all do.
>> Narrator: Of course you’re a very important part
of that good feeling.
So stay in touch with us on Facebook, and on our website.
And with your help, we’ll keep success and a whole lot more
growing at UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
(c) 2014 University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Office of the Dean and Director