Fort Valley, GA | Despite being located in a county famous for producing fresh fruits and vegetables, food insecurity is a major issue for many families in Fort Valley. That’s the idea behind Sweet Valley Farms — a small produce barn …
Ringgold, GA | Around here, the day still starts with a ride across the farm. There are pastures to check, land to look over, and work that never really goes away. For Bernard Sims, this has been home for decades. …
Ashburn, GA | It’s a taste of summer for many around Georgia, with butter beans and field peas now flying off the shelf. And you won’t find them any fresher than at Calhoun Produce in Ashburn, where the journey from field …
Warrenton, GA | Tucked just outside the front of a school in Warren County sits a garden that’s become a centerpiece for agricultural education in this small, rural community. Known as the 4-H Farm and School Garden, the project started with …
Inman, GA | There’s something about history that has always spoken to Rick Minter. Maybe it’s an old tractor, a piece of farm equipment, or a story passed down from one generation to the next. Whatever the case, for much …
Grovetown, GA | Senator Lee Anderson has spent his entire life farming the same ground where he was raised — and that connection to the land is a defining part of who he is. But for Anderson, that was never where …
Lyerly, GA | For most people, life takes them far from where they started — a different town, a different career, a different path. For Garrett Hurley, home has never been very far away at all. “My house is actually on …
Warner Robins, GA | Inside James Judson’s agriculture classroom at Feagin Mill Middle School, the sound of water trickling through a hydroponic tower garden is now a familiar backdrop. Thanks to a Bright Ideas Grant from Flint Energies, Judson — an …
Register, GA | At first glance, Will Anderson’s farming operation looks like a lot of South Georgia farms. There’s cotton, peanuts, poultry houses, and long hours trying to keep everything moving. But spend a day with him here in Register, and …
Perry, GA | For more than seventeen years, Nicole Duvall has traveled across Georgia helping connect consumers with the dairy industry as Program Coordinator for the Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom. But long before stepping into that role, her love for dairy …
