BrightFarms, a national indoor farming company that focuses on sustainability, now has its greenhouse in Macon shipping to grocery retailers across the Southeast.
Blueberries, which rely on cooler days for several more months, are beginning to open their buds. That’s putting one of Georgia’s biggest agriculture products and blueberry growers at risk for the 2025 season.
State officials and scientists credit the small number of cases so far to Georgia’s longstanding system for disease prevention and response, set up to protect the state's billion dollar poultry and egg industry.
A third case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in chickens, also known as bird flu, has been confirmed in Georgia this year. It’s the second case in a commercial poultry flock and the second detection in Elbert County, about 30 miles from Athens.
It will take years before farms hit hard by Hurricane Helene can recover. That devastation extends to communities of immigrant farm workers, who have largely been left out of storm relief programs.
A new study by the University of Georgia finds consumers may see fewer vegetables from California and more from the Peach State. GPB’s Chase McGee explains.
A lawsuit filed in Brunswick which includes Georgia accuses the Department of Labor of overstepping by extending organizing protections to migrant farm workers.
Agriculture is Georgia’s largest industry but it can also be stressful for those who work in it. To address this, the University of Georgia Extension is hosting its annual Farm Stress Summit Wednesday — for the first time, in North Georgia.
The most recent hurricane to make landfall in Georgia was Hurricane Michael in October 2018. Farms in Georgia lost billions of dollars after top crops were ravaged by the storm.
