Agricultural Production
Research and projects within the Lamm Lab related to agricultural production.
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Katie Sanders, Kristin Gibson, and Allison Fortner presented their collective work on systems thinking as an educational tool during the CleanTech Symposium at the Delta Innovation Hub on UGA’s Campus. The three Lamm Lab members participated in the student poster competition that wrapped up the day-long event on Wednesday, April 20. The CleanTech Symposium was…
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Allison Fortner, Lamm Lab doctoral student studying science communication, completed the first half of her in-country internship in France. Allison is a science communication intern with the Safe Seaweed Coalition, an international organization focused on environmental, occupational, and consumer safety in the quickly expanding global seaweed industry. Though Allison has been working with the Coalition…
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Dr. Lamm worked with a multi-disciplinary team of academics and scientists to assess the current and future state of soilless substrate research in North America through support from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative. Through this project, we developed a protocol to assess grower and supplier needs across crop types to shed light on the…
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The need for soilless substrates is expected to double as urban agriculture expands and quality soil deteriorates. Lamm and Gibson presented two research studies at the Southern Region Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences in New Orleans February 11 & 12. Their work identified the research and extension education needs of specialty crop…
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Authors Sanders, Gibson, and Lamm analyze the Biden administration press outreach regarding rural broadband policy.
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The Lamm Lab serves as the evaluator of the CDC-funded Healthier Together project in collaboration with the UGA College of Public Health, UGA Extension, UGA College of Environment and Design, and the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Each year the annual evaluation results are shared with the community coalition using an appreciative lens…
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Allison Fortner, doctoral student, is headed to France to complete an internship with the Safe Seaweed Coalition. She has been assisting them with their science communication efforts the past 6 months virtually and will now spend time in Paris with the Secretariat and then Roscoff, at one of the biological research stations, to get first-hand…
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Did U.S. audiences in different geographic areas access media sources differently during COVID-19 when under shelter in place orders? Our recent publication uses sense-making theory to explore the differences in news access based on four geographic regions.
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Katie Sanders, Dr. Fallys Masambuka-Kanchewa and Alexa Lamm shared information about the intersection of cultural identity and social media and its impact on agricultural and environmental communication with the Association for Communication Excellence on October 21st via Zoom. Participants shared how they use social media sites and the diverse ways we see/display our identities based…
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Allison Fortner and Alexa Lamm received the 2021 ACE Distinguished Poster award for research about source credibility of UGA scientists on Twitter.