We will be on the radio twice on Monday. First on the Chris
Beckham show at 7:30 and then on a Jasper station at 11:30. Listen
in and invite your friends.
Here’s a facebook event about the Black Crow Media 105.9 FM radio show, 7:30-7:45 AM. You can listen to it online with Streema.com or any of several other apps. Or over the air!
And remember to
register for the conference.
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Here’s
a video playlist:
Videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 20 November 2013.
Fall in south Georgia:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 October 2013.
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Gretchen in the greens:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 November 2013.
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What has about 300 heads and eats really well?
A local agriculture conference coming to Lowndes County 24 January 2014.
South Georgia Growing Local 2014 is a local food conference for growers, consumers, homesteaders in South Georgia. Farm Tours 1/24 — Conference 1/25
You can like the
facebook page
and join events there
for the conference itself on January 25th
and for
the farm tours on January 24th.
Agritourism has come to Lowndes County!
This is one reason a wide variety of organizations, including two Chambers of Commerce, are supporting this conference:
it will fill hotel rooms.
Even more, it’s about longterm local economy through growing and buying food right here in south Georgia and north Florida.
All that and it tastes good, too!
This morning at
Valdosta Farm Days,
red grits, blue grits, and popcorn of many colors:
blue popcorn:
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The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food,
won the prize for Agriculture in the Sustainable Literature Awards,
according to
the Santa Monica Mirror, 11 September 2013.
From the book:
“If you haven’t heard what’s happening with seeds, let me tell you. They’re disappearing, about like every damn thing else. . . . But I’m not going to talk about anything that’s going to make us feel hopeless, or despairing, because there’s no despair in a seed.”
Other awards for The Seed Underground:
Gold Award of Achievement for Best Book Writing from the Garden Writers Association
Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner: Green Living
Booklist’s Top Ten Crafts and Gardening Books of 2012
American Society of Journalists and Authors Arlene Eisenberg Award for Writing that Makes a Difference
American Horticultural Society Book Award
Silver Award of Achievement from the Garden Writers Association
From the publisher: Continue reading
Buffalo News, 15 September 2013,
Jane S. Kuntz, retired teacher, active in community,
Jan. 30, 1926 — Sept. 15, 2013
Jane S. Kuntz, of Lancaster, a retired teacher, died Sunday in GreenField Manor, Lancaster, after a lenthy illness. She was 87.
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