If you’ve been searching for an excuse to visit the Georgia
mountains, here’s one: the Georgia Mountain Research and
Education
Center general field day.

Set for Tuesday, Aug. 7, at 8:30 a.m., the field day will be
at the center on Georgia Mountain Experiment Station Road in
Blairsville,
Ga. The center is nestled in a valley surrounded by the Georgia
mountains, where the scenery was made to be enjoyed in
person.

The event will include 16 tour stops covering topics such as
beef cattle, fruit and vegetable crops, field and forage crops
and greenhouse pest control. Visitors will see University of
Georgia
scientists’ research projects up close and firsthand.

At lunch, visitors will hear from guest speakers Tommy Irvin,
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, and Gerald Arkin, assistant
dean of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences.

There is no fee for the field day. However, $5 will be charged
for the barbecue-chicken lunch. Make checks payable to the Union
County 4-H Club, as all proceeds from the lunch will go to local
club.

Registration is required, as space is limited to the first
200 registrants. To sign up, or for more information, contact
the center at (706) 745-2655. Or email Freya Browning at freya@uga.edu.