Institute News

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Celebrating Spring!
April 14, 2021
UTIA Dogwoods Usher in the Season

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Southeast Regional Sun Grant Center Announces Grant Recipients
April 15, 2021
Supporting Innovation in Sustainable, Bio-Derived Products
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Tennessee Plant Sciences Faculty Receive Award for COVID-19 Communication
April 6, 2021
Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Science Recognizes Timely Extension Publication
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UT Business and Online Marketing Project for Farmers Among the Nation’s Best
April 6, 2021
UT Extension Project Recognized Twice for Risk Management Education
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UT Extension to Conduct Southeast TN Beef Summit
April 1, 2021
Producers to Gather at McMinn County Expo Center June 4
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A Native Showstopper: Virginia Bluebells
April 1, 2021
The UT Gardens’ Plant of the Month for April 2021
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UT Extension Partners with Great Smoky Mountains National Park for New ‘Storybook Trail’
March 26, 2021
Eight Week Literacy in Nature Initiative Features Four Books by Local Authors

UTIA IN THE NEWS

Our Tennessee (Winter 2021): Serving those who served us
Many farmers are also veterans. The Tennessee AgrAbility Project helps them pursue economic independence through growing food and fiber while also nourishing their souls. Article quotes Eileen Legault and Joetta White, UT Extension Tennessee AgrAbility specialists. UTIA M&C feature.

WBIR TV Knoxville: Millions of cicadas to reemerge in Tennessee after 17 years
Features Frank Hale, EPP, discussing the phenomenon expected this May.
Related: Fox 17 TV in Nashville and WSMV TV in Nashville. Both features relied on Hale’s UT Extension information about periodical cicadas.

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