Month: August 2023

Small, Unique Farm Store a Staple for Fresh, Locally Grown Products

Newnan, GA If it’s pasture raised beef and pork, locally grown fruits and vegetables or even raw milk you’re looking for, Country Gardens Farm has what you need. However, this third-generation farm in Newnan hasn’t always been such a one …

Therapeutic Farm Creating Opportunities

Appling, GA The journey to Cooper Ridge Farm wasn’t always a pastoral path. Josephine and Justin Fuller, once entangled in the corporate web, discovered a yearning for something more profound, more purposeful, more powerful. This epiphany led them away from …

Field Day Highlights Important Efficiency, Sustainability Research

Camilla, GA In Camilla recently, producers gathered for the Stripling Irrigation Research Park’s biennial field day – a day that showcases the important research that is conducted each year that is aimed at educating producers on the latest and greatest …

Pigs at Center of Research to Reverse Stroke Damage

Athens, GA With more than four trillion dollars spent each year on health care in the US, finding new and innovative ways of treating debilitating diseases has become a priority within the medical community. That’s certainly the case here at …

ABAC’s New 4-D Farm Striving to Advance Agriculture

Tifton, GA With farmers now faced with the unenviable task of producing more with less, efficiency is key for the long-term success of agriculture in the US. That’s why projects like the 4-D farm on ABAC’s campus are more important …

Southeastern Peanut Growers Gather in Destin

Destin, Florida While Sandestin might be a spot for those looking for a little fun in the sun, it recently played host to a conference highlighting one of Georgia’s staple crops, the peanut. Here at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference, …