People & Places

San Juan Hosted 2023 AFBF Convention

San Juan, PR After years of planning and endless challenges, including two major hurricanes, San Juan finally got to say, “Welcome, Mi Familia” to American Farm Bureau’s annual convention. It’s a time to unite and hear the opinions of current …

Northwest Georgia Sheep Farm Making Sheep’s Milk Cheeses

LaFayette, GA In Northwest Georgia, these ewes are getting to enjoy some R and R before starting their next production cycle – a time in which they produce milk that will be made into artisan sheep’s milk cheeses. This of …

Georgia Farm Distilling Their Crops for Bourbon

Senoia, GA As we all know, there is no “I” in team, but there are multiple “I’s” in Doc Brown Farm & Distillers, and teamwork is what this organization is most proud of. “We’re all different. We have similarities, but …

7 Year Old Georgia Girl Becomes National Ag Sensation

South Fulton, GA When you first observe Kendall Rae Johnson in her garden, she appears to be your typical seven year old. Just a little girl; playing, laughing with her friends, and truth be told she really is just a …

Startup Company Can Help With Your Future Gift Giving

Norcross, GA After starting out with a small, thirty-box order nearly a decade ago Georgia Crafted has now become largest curator of locally produced products in the state, shipping out tens of thousands of gift boxes each and every year. …

SCOTTY RAINES NAMED 2022 GEORGIA FARMER OF THE YEAR

MOULTRIE, GA Scotty Raines didn’t grow up on a farm, but his father kept a large garden at home. His mother, a beautician, had a beauty shop behind their house. So Scotty began his agrarian career by selling produce from …

Rodeo Clown Discusses Career

Meet Trent McFarland. Trent is a professional rodeo clown that’s getting ready by putting on his signature make up. It’s second nature these days for Trent especially since he has been putting it on since he was 13 when his …

11 Year Old Poultry Farmer Shares Story

Carrollton, GA – Born in 2007, Patrick Hutchinson is a self-proclaimed first-generation poultry farmer whose initial interest in chickens began when he was six years old. Routine trips to the hardware store built the foundation of what would become Patrick’s …

Artist Welds Art made of Horseshoes

Ellijay, GA – Justin Howard is a native of Florida that moved to Georgia a few years ago when given the chance.“I got the opportunity to move to north Georgia in 2013 and I got the opportunity to work on …

Urban Atlanta Café Meeting Demand For Fresh, Locally Grown Food

ATLANTA, GA – Meeting the demand for fresh, locally grown food in an urban restaurant setting – that was the vision of Atlanta’s Chuck Meadows.  And now that vision has come to fruition. Here is the story behind Jim Adams Farm …