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ATRP: celebrating the past, looking toward the future

By Dr. Doug Britton ATRP / Georgia Tech Research Institute ATRP photo The Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Agricultural Technology Research Program has established the F. Abit Massey Champion Award and the J. Craig Wyvill Pioneer Award as part of the continuing legacy of the program and in recognition of each individual’s contribution to the development, growth and sustainment of ATRP. Pictured are, left to right, Jim Hudgens, GTRI director; F. Abit Massey, president emeritus of the Georgia Poultry Federation; J. Craig Wyvill, ATRP director emeritus; and Doug Britton, ATRP program manager.

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ATLANTA — For the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP), 2023 marks an incredible milestone as we celebrate 50 years of driving innovation in poultry, agribusiness, and food manufacturing. This past spring, more than 150 attendees gathered at the Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech to celebrate the people and projects that made the program’s first five decades a success.

What began in 1973 with a $100,000 appropriation from the Georgia General Assembly to involve Georgia Tech in studies supporting the poultry industry has today grown into a multi-million-dollar investment that continues. . .

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