Alexa Lamm
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The Lamm Lab recently published an article titled Healthy Harvests: Reducing Plastic Use and Associated Water Contaminants in U.S. Greenhouses and Nurseries, authored by Masoud Yazdanpanah and Alexa Lamm at the University of Georgia, Jim Owen and James Altland at USDA ARS, and Sarah White at Clemson University. The study explored the environmental and behavioral…
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Last month, the Vitis x Muscadinia project held its inaugural meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Titled “Through the Grapevine: Developing Vitis x Muscadinia Wide Hybrids for Enhanced Disease Resistance and Quality,” the project is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Specialty Crop Initiative and is in its first…
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Manuel Morales at Los Arroyos Nursery
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Dr. Alexa Lamm recently visited with the UC Davis CLEAR Center to tour their facilities and explore several opportunities for future collaborations. The Clarity and Leadership for Environmental Awareness and Research Center, or CLEAR Center, helps the animal agriculture industry operate more efficiently while lessening its impact on the environment and climate. The primary research…
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Dr. Alexa Lamm and Dr. Kevan Lamm recently visited with Dr. Pedro Carvalho, Feedlot specialist, and Erica Geisenhagen, Manager of Communications at AgNext – an innovative Center at Colorado State University striving to innovate real-world solutions for sustainability in animal agriculture. Just three years in the making, this new center is conducting research on beef…
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The Lamm Lab is thrilled to celebrate the successful defense of Dr. Tatevik Markosyan’s dissertation, “Communicating Impact Evaluation Findings: An Audience-Centered Data Visualization Experiment.” In an age where data is abundant but trust is fragile, how we communicate evaluation findings can make or break public understanding and engagement. Dr. Markosyan’s research tackled a critical question: How can we…
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Scientists are really smart! I feel so fortunate because I have had the opportunity to work alongside and speak with some of the most intelligent hard working innovators throughout my time as an extension agent, specialist and now professor of science communication. Amazing things come from scientific innovation and bright minded scientists with a passion…
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The Lamm lab is excited to share their latest article was just published in Foods! The research was a multi-institutional interdisciplinary achievement based on work conducted for the Real Pork Trust Consortium funded by the National Pork Board. In an era when misinformation runs rampant and scientific innovations in food production grow more complex, communicating…
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Funmi Ajiferuke and Dennis Baffour-Awuah had the chance to share research results from our USDA SCRI-funded Eastern Tree Fruit project at the Integrative Precision Agriculture Conference held in Perry, Georgia. Sponsored by Dr. Chin-Ling Lee, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication and a member of the UGA Integrative Precision…
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Dr. Alexa Lamm and Dennis Baffour-Awuah spent 4 days in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York speaking with wine grape growers and extension specialists. During this time they conducted interviews to discern growers’ past, current and perceived future problems with the invasive species, the Spotted Lanternfly, which first appeared in the US in 2015 and…