We’ll visit
Georgia Olive Farms
on our Friday Farm Tour at
South Georgia Growing Local 2014.
Richard Villadoniga wrote for StAugustine.com 18 July 2012,
Liguid gold rush,
There’s a new gold rush taking place in Georgia, and it’s not up in
the mountains near Dahlonega as first happened back in 1828. This
time around, people are buzzing with excitement over a liquid gold
produced in Southern Georgia: extra virgin olive oil. You read that
correctly — olive oil from Georgia. What was once an
exclusively Mediterranean product is now being crafted with olives
grown in Southern Georgia, and to a smaller extent, North Florida.
Georgia Olive Farms, a cooperative of about 10 regional olive
growers, is based in Lakeland, Georgia, near Valdosta.
Jason Shaw, one of the company’s founders, comes Continue reading →
Most of the front page of the Valdosta Daily Times Saturday
was about the South Georgia Growing Local 2014
Farm Tours.
Stuart Taylor wrote on the front page of the VDT 25 January 2014,
Growing Local Farm Tour gets under way,
While past South Georgia Growing Local conferences have had self-guided farm tours, this year’s conference offered a guided tour through four local farms, starting off Friday morning at Raisin’ Cane.
“We teach people about agriculture,” said Jessica Bolesta, who Continue reading