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Athens Yelp ‘Elite Squad’ Is Shaping Our Food Choices
Athens-Clarke County
January 21, 2020
Athens Yelp ‘Elite Squad’ Is Shaping Our Food Choices
Everyone has an opinion—especially about food. Since the popular crowd-sourced review forum website Yelp launched in 2004, it has amassed over 192 million reviews from ordinary citizens around the globe looking to impart some of their own wisdom regarding restaurants, hotels, home services, auto services and more. In an age…
Disease Creates Challenges For Peach Farmers, Need For Change In Farming Patterns
Food
January 15, 2020
Disease Creates Challenges For Peach Farmers, Need For Change In Farming Patterns
If you’ve lived in the state of Georgia, more than likely you are familiar with the concept of “the Georgia peach.” It’s on the welcome sign at the border, on licence plates and part of the state’s official logo. According to USDA statistics, however, the overall utilized production of peaches…
Owners of Local Mexican Grocery ‘La Jalisco’ Discuss Struggles, Rewards of Small Business
Athens-Clarke County
January 13, 2020
Owners of Local Mexican Grocery ‘La Jalisco’ Discuss Struggles, Rewards of Small Business
Transcript and Audio: Carolina Medrano and Fatima Mendoza on Family Business ‘La Jalisco’ MARA NELMS: It’s a grocery store like any other — you can find apples and potatoes, cuts of beef and pork, fresh bread and pastries. You can also find horchata, popular Mexican candies, and authentic tacos. It’s…
New SPLOST Has Implications for Future of Work in Athens
Athens-Clarke County
January 9, 2020
New SPLOST Has Implications for Future of Work in Athens
A 1% sales tax is being implemented once again in Athens-Clarke County after a Special Local Option Sales Tax was approved by referendum on Nov. 5, 2019. This most recent SPLOST—to fund a set of construction and improvement projects—was approved by 78 percent of the nearly 9,000 ballots cast, which…
Cotton as Protein: Redefining the Soft, White Crop of the South
Food
January 8, 2020
Cotton as Protein: Redefining the Soft, White Crop of the South
Cotton—a plant many Americans associate with the Deep South—arrived in Georgia, the first colony to produce cotton commercially, in 1734. After the development of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin in 1794, the production has only increased. Ronnie Hardigree, 71, has been growing cotton since 1973 but purchased his first tractor when…
Solar Panels, Sustainable Workplaces Bring New Energy to Athens
Athens-Clarke County
January 6, 2020
Solar Panels, Sustainable Workplaces Bring New Energy to Athens
A growing trend in the world of work is the rise of sustainability – which means that businesses and governments are taking responsibility for their actions and resource use by incorporating renewable energy, waste management, and resourceful practices into their business models. The implementation of sustainability can look like Starbucks…
Magic Mushrooms Decriminalization Making Progress, Still Far Behind Cannabis
Athens-Clarke County
January 2, 2020
Magic Mushrooms Decriminalization Making Progress, Still Far Behind Cannabis
While marijuana is being decriminalized or legalized in states and municipalities across America, there is a new push to decriminalize psilocybin. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring hallucinogenic substance famously found in more than 200 kinds of mushrooms that are collectively referred to as “magic mushrooms” or “psychedelic mushrooms.” Zane Bader…
Development Academies Changing Path To Collegiate Soccer, Causing Mixed Emotions
Sports
December 30, 2019
Development Academies Changing Path To Collegiate Soccer, Causing Mixed Emotions
For Georgia Soccer head coach Billy Lesesne, the Development Academy is changing the way athletes are recruited, and, like many other coaches and players across the nation, he’s not quite sure how he feels about it. US soccer founded the Development Academy in 2007 in an attempt to place the…
How This El Salvadorian Gained Freedom Through Pupusas
Food
December 26, 2019
How This El Salvadorian Gained Freedom Through Pupusas
Billy Wright, Mara Nelms, Phillip Hubbard and Matthew Couper are all seniors majoring in journalism in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
Concussions Lead to A National Decline in High School Football, But Not in Georgia
Food
December 23, 2019
Concussions Lead to A National Decline in High School Football, But Not in Georgia
Whistle. Break. Whistle. Break. The sound of helmets clashing against full pads fills the air until the whistle is blown and it’s time for the next two players’ strength and game-like skills to be put to the test. This is the sound of the Oklahoma drill in football practice. As…