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1Georgia Neighbors • Fall 2011

departmentsWe, the Farmers .................... 2

Member Services Update .......8

Insurance Update .................10

Legislative Update .................12

Kids Corner ...........................18

Georgia Happenings .............34

(Photo by Amy DuBois) Twiggs County Farm Bureau member Amy DuBois won an honorable mention in GFB’s Picture Agriculture in Georgia Contest for this photo she shot last fall of her son Beau inspecting the family’s peanut crop.

Paulding County residents have had the chance to buy locally grown food this year thanks to Paulding County Farm Bureau operating two

farmers markets this year. 4Farmers markets connect consumers to farmers

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ContentsFall 2011 • Vol. 16, No. 2

Wilcox County Farm Bureau member A s h l e e

Wood uses her blog to teach oth-ers about farming by describing life on her family’s farm.

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Farm life provides teachable momentsfor blogger

Picture Agriculture in Georgia winners revealed

The winners of our second annual photo contest have been chosen. Enjoy the top 13 photos. Thanks to everyone who submitted

a picture, and we hope you’ll enter again next year.20

Three generations of the Cagle family has been baking pear cobblers in the same pie pan using pears grown on the family’s

Cherokee County farm.14

Pictured from left, Beth Boyd, Ramona Parris, Grace Vaughn and Deborah Puette, won first, second, third place and an hon-

orable mention in the Georgia Egg Commission’s an-nual recipe contest for their unique dishes.

Preserving a family tradition

Landowners urged to replant after harvesting trees

Georgia forestry experts urge landowners to replant land that has been harvested. Fall

and winter is the prime time to plant trees.16

Find fall produce at GFB Certified Farm Markets

Looking for Georgia grown apples, peanuts, pecans or pumpkins? Check our listing of certified farm markets. Many of our markets

offer agritourism activities for a fun day on the farm.24 A special team of Ga. Na-

tional Guard members is spending a year in Afghani-

stan helping Afghan farmers and agricul-tural leaders improve their production skills. Col. Bill Williams, commander of the team, is pictured speaking with an Afghan farm family.

Ga. National Guard helping Afghan farmers

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Fall is my favorite time of the year. Farmers are hard at work harvesting their apple, cotton, pecan and peanut crops. I hope you’ll find time to visit one of our certified farm markets and get to know the farmers producing your food. To find a GFB Certified Farm Market near you, visit www.gfb.org and click on the commodities tab. Fall is also football season and I’m a football fan. Like football, it takes teamwork to meet the food and fiber demands of our country and the world. Consumers are impor-tant members of the team, and Farm Bureau has been searching for ways to help them better understand the farmers growing their food and the roles we each play in getting the food we eat from the farm to the table. I played football in high school, and my wife and I spent Friday nights watching our two sons play when they were in school, so I realize that in order to talk to a large number of Georgia consumers about agriculture during football season we need to communi-cate with them through their favorite fall pastime. That’s why Georgia Farm Bureau is partnering with the Georgia High School Association to support the Georgia High School Scoreboard Show and the Countdown to Kickoff radio shows. We hope that by sponsoring these shows aired statewide on local radio stations, consumers will be reminded of the Georgia farmers who grew the food that helped their hometown foot-ball stars grow up to make the big plays. We hope our sponsorship of the shows will also remind listeners there are 158 local Farm Bureau offices state-wide supporting their local communi-ties and offering a variety of member benefits.

While Georgia is home to numer-ous outstanding college football teams, the UGA Athletic Association offered us the chance to reach the 92,746 fans that fill Sanford Stadium at each home game by promoting Farm Bureau on the back of the tick-ets. We thought this was a great way to get our Bulldog friends to think about Georgia farmers as they tailgate and cheer on the Dawgs. I know everyone doesn’t follow football, so we will also reach out to consumers during the Sunbelt Ag Expo, October 18-20, in Moultrie, Ga. This is a great chance for families that do not live on the farm to come and experience harvest season. You and your children can see cotton and pea-nuts being harvested in the Expo fields and learn more about Georgia’s No. 1 industry. Georgia Farm Bureau will be there, and we invite you to stop by the Georgia Agriculture Building, which is right inside the main gate. Bring your children and let them try their skills at the My American Farm game kiosk we’ll be displaying in the build-ing. The kiosk will be loaded with all 13 of the My American Farm games and is a fun way to learn about agri-culture. We are partnering with the Georgia Department of Agriculture on this new building and hope you will drop by to visit us! There is no more important mem-ber of our team than local businesses and residents of our local communi-ties. In the spirit of team building, Georgia Farm Bureau and county Farm Bureaus will observe National Farm-City Week, Nov. 18-24. This is the 56th anniversary of this event begun in 1955 by Kiwanis International to increase the under-standing between urban and rural residents. Today, the National Farm-City Council organizes the event. Farm days at schools, farm tours, banquets and mayoral proclamations are just a few of the ways county

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Paulding County residents have had the chance to buy locally grown food this year – straight from the farm-ers who grew it – thanks to Paulding County Farm Bureau operating two farmers markets this year. In May, PCFB started a weekly market in Dallas that is open Friday afternoons from 3 to 7 p.m. The mar-ket, located at 2515 Marietta Highway at the intersection of Highway 92 and Highway 120, will continue operating until Nov. 18. “We felt it was our responsibility to

help the local farmer,” PCFB President Nora Goodman said when asked why the county Farm Bureau decided to op-erate the markets. “The public is very interested in buying locally grown produce and having the market helps local farmers by giving them a way to sell their produce.” PCFB also held a weekly market three miles down the road in Hiram on Tuesdays. In early August, PCFB relo-cated the Hiram market to the Dallas location. Since mid-August, when the farmers’ produce production slowed,

the market has been held on Fridays only. Spreading Oaks Farm, owned by Ken and Patti Cook, is one of the local farms selling at the PCFB Farmers Market. The Cooks grow a variety of pro-duce and raise grass-fed beef on their farm outside of Dal-

las. A sign at their booth proudly ad-vertises that their produce travels less than 14 miles from farm to market. “People tell us ‘Your produce stays fresh for two weeks,’ and I tell them, ‘That’s because it hasn’t travelled for twelve hundred miles,’ “ Patti said. “Most of our produce is harvested the day we take it to the market, except things we pick every day like squash and zucchini.” The Cooks have utilized the PCFB markets to sell vegetables grown on their one-acre garden that they don’t need for their community supported agriculture (CSA) program. The Cooks supply about a bushel of fresh produce to 10 customers who contracted with them last spring and paid $500 each for a share of the Cooks’ weekly yield. “Participating in the farm markets has worked really well for us. After we supply our CSA customers and sell at the two markets there is very little waste. Patti cans and preserves the little bit of produce we have left,” Ken said. “We’ve seen customers who come each week and you get to know them. It’s rewarding to see them appreciate what we are out here doing.” PCFB Farm Market Manager Shan-non Davidson had 45 vendors sell at the markets with anywhere from 18 to 25 participating weekly in the summer. As many as 500 people attended both the Dallas and Hiram markets each week this summer, Davidson said. Attendance has dropped to about 250 weekly, but Davidson expects it will rise again as fall produce, such as sweet potatoes, kale, cabbage, rutabagas and collards come in. Davidson also plans to bring in more craft vendors this fall. Davidson previously lived in Cali-fornia, where she enjoyed shopping straight from farmers at their fruit and vegetable stands. She said she missed that experience when she moved to Georgia, which is what motivates her to volunteer for PCFB as the farm market manager. “It’s just amazing how wonderful

James Ruff (pictured far left) inspects tomatoes for sale while PCFB Farmers Market Manager Shannon Davidson (pictured right) sells her homemade bread.

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n a hot August day in a Wilcox County cotton field, Brad Wood cuts open a cotton boll, revealing the

packed fibers inside. The boll vaguely resembles a piece of fruit, and when Brad squeezes it, water runs out. His wife Ashlee is instantly fas-

Farm life provides teachable moments for bloggerAshlee Wood examines a cotton boll while working on her blog, Across the Branch.

Brad Wood shows his wife Ashlee the inside of a cotton boll as she snaps pictures for her blog.

Ocinated. “Ooh,” she says. “Look at that ...” Then she snaps a couple of pic-tures of the cross-section of the boll as Brad uses the blade of his knife to point out aspects of its physiology. The pictures will land on her blog, acrossthebranch.com. It’s mid-October now, and those bolls have erupted, turning cotton

fields snowy white, which means they’re ready to be harvested. The cotton will be spun into fibers used in clothing, home furnishings and industrial products shipped around the world. But on her blog, Ashlee focuses on what happens before the cotton leaves their farm. Like a lot of moms, she uses her blog to keep family and friends up-dated on the happenings in her house-hold. That’s how acrossthebranch.com got started. Brad’s sister Melissa, with whom Ashlee taught school, introduced the couple. Ashlee, who grew up in Fort Valley, wasn’t familiar with Wilcox County and had limited knowledge of farming, but as they dated she showed an interest in what Brad was doing

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If the ultrasound screening discov-ers a potential health problem, an on-staff nurse for Stroke Detection Plus will follow up with a phone consulta-tion to encourage patients to visit their doctor for diagnosis and treatment. Since our first Stroke Detection Plus event in April, more than 1,200 Farm Bureau members have been screened. Twenty-four of our members were found to have had significant block-age in their carotid artery and six were found to have had a critical blockage, including Farm Bureau member Bryan Long of Washington County. “Believe me, these tests are a great idea. I had a history of strokes in my family, but just never thought it might happen to me,” Long said. “It turned out I had a 95 percent blockage in my right carotid artery. My surgery was performed right away. I could have had a stroke and never been aware of a problem.” We have received several similar testimonials from our members and hope we can help more of our mem-

New GFB member benefit helps save livesbers catch blockages they may have and prevent unnecessary strokes. At Georgia Farm Bureau, we con-tinually seek member benefits that add significant value to your membership investment. We are especially proud to provide this new service to our mem-bers because it saves lives. Please contact your county Farm Bureau office to find out when the Stroke Detection Plus team will be in your area. The price is right and a few minutes of time might add years to your life or even save it! To view a short video demonstra-tion of the screen-ings, scan this quick response code with your smartphone or visit www.gfb.org (click on member benefits, then stroke detection plus). Jay Murdock is director of the GFB Member Services Department. If you have any questions about GFB member ser-vices please visit http://www.gfb.org or call 1-800-633-5432.

Imagine a plate full of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole and buttermilk biscuits.

Makes your mouth water, doesn’t it? If so, you’re no different than most Southerners who were born and raised on this type of meal. Unfortunately, this type of diet con-tributes to Georgia’s ranking 12th in the nation for occurrences of heart disease and 10th in the nation for occurrences of stroke. Stroke is the third-leading cause of death in the United States and is the No. 1 cause of disability and nursing home admissions. Stroke is often referred to as the “silent killer,” because most people don’t notice a sign or symptom until after a stroke occurs. That’s why Georgia Farm Bureau is proud to be partnered with Stroke Detection Plus – a mobile vascular screening company that utilizes ultra-sound technology to identify individu-als who are at a high risk for stroke and cardiovascular disease, as well as osteoporosis. Farm Bureau members receive a $26 discount off the regu-lar price (currently $125) of the four screenings (see inset). The screenings are quick, painless, non-invasive, and can detect a blockage at an early stage before it becomes life-threatening.

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Georgia Forestry Commission Chief of Reforestation Russ Pohl, left, and Georgia Farm Bureau Forestry Commodity Committee Chairman John Mixon pull weeds at the GFC’s Flint River Nursery in Macon County. The nursery has about 16 million seedlings and a seed orchard to provide new trees to more than 4,000 landowners a year.

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Just soya know

soybeans more than 5,000 years go.

G. This food product, also known as soy-bean curd, is a cheese-like food made by curdling fresh hot soy milk with a coagulant.

H. This consumer use of soybeans can light up a dark room.

I. During this event in the U.S. from 1861-1865, soybeans were used to brew a hot drink because coffee was scarce.

J. This is the top county in Georgia for the production of soybeans followed by Dooly, Tattnall, Sumter and Brooks.

K. This is an important component of ani-mal feed which is an excellent source of protein for farm animals as well as food for pets, zoo animals and fish.

L. This scientist discovered a method of extracting soybean oil and invented a process for making paints and stains from it as well as many other products.

M. This is the #1 state in the U.S. for soybean production, followed by Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and Indiana.

N. Soybeans are the only plant food that contain the complete form of this nutrient which is important for your body to build and repair tissue.

O. Prior to research by George Washington Carver, soybeans were planted as this to feed livestock.

P. By 1935, this man was using one bushel of beans on every car he manufactured to make some of the plastic parts such as gearshift knobs and horn buttons.

Q. Whole soybeans are used to make this product which is an alternative for people who are lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy foods.

R. Soybeans are in this plant family which also includes peas, beans, and peanuts.

S. This country is the #1 soybean producer and exporter in the world.

T. Soybeans are considered this type of resource because farmers can grow a new crop every year.

U. More than 80% of the U.S. soybean acre-age is concentrated in the upper part of this U.S. geographical region.

1. China2. Civil War3. George Washington Carver4. William Morse5. Henry Ford6. United States7. Iowa8. Candle9. Crayons10. Midwest

11. Legume12. Forage13. Soybean meal14. Biodiesel15. Renewable16. Soy milk17. Soy ink18. Protein19. Tofu20. Plastics21. Bulloch

By Donna Rocker, Ag in the Classroom Coordinator, 1-478-474-0679 Ext. 5365

Soybeans are one of the largest cash crops in the United States and also one of the top export crops. In 2009, U.S. farmers produced more than 3.3 billion bushels of soybeans and exported 1.45 billion bushels with China as our top cus-tomer. Georgia ranks 26th in soybean production with $168.5 million in farm gate value in 2009 and 440,000 harvested acres. About 85% of the world’s soybeans are processed into soybean meal and oil with most of the meal used in animal feed. To learn more about this important Georgia commodity, match the words to the definition. See if you can find the terms in the Word Search. Want to know more about Soybeans? Visit www.podtoplate.org to design your own biodiesel semi and learn how to grow and process soybeans. Also visit www.myamericanfarm.com and play the Amazing Grains game. Lesson plans are avail-able on both sites.

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A. This is any group of synthetic or natural materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened. Soybeans can be used to make this.

B. Soybeans can also be made into this clean-er burning fuel.

C. This person from USDA spent his life studying soybeans and helped found the American Soybean Association.

D. This product is used for printing many U.S. newspapers.

E. More than 2,000 of these can be made from one bushel of soybeans and make a sketch very colorful.

F. Farmers in this country began growing


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Picture Agriculture in Georgia winners revealedThese are the winning photos

from the 2011 Georgia FarmBureau Picture Agriculture inGeorgia Photo Contest. More

than300photosweresubmitted.Professionalphotographersselected12photosfromwhichGFByoungfarmermembersdeter-minedthecategorywinners. As theoverallwinner,MatthewLondon re-ceivesthedistinctionofhavinghisphoto fea-tured on the cover of the 2012 GFB YoungFarmerCalendar,whichfeaturesthe12mem-ber photos shown here. Contact your countyFarmBureauofficetoobtainacalendar. GFBplanstoholdthecontestagainnextyear,sostartsnappingphotostoenter.Contestde-tailswillbeavailablenextspringonGFB’sweb-site, inthespring issueofGeorgia Neighbors andatyourcountyFarmBureauoffice.

Heifers at the Mound$150 Grand Prize Young Farmer

Category & Overall WinnerMatthew London, White County

London shot this photo of his family’s Holstein heifers grazing in front of the Nacoochee Indian Mound located just south of Helen at the intersection of Ga. Highways 17 & 75.

Cream of the Crop$150 Grand Prize

General Membership CategorySteve Willis Jones, Walker County

Jones shot this photo of his granddaughter, Emma Grib-ben, at the family’s produce stand in Woodstation.

From Generation to Generation$100 Grand Prize

GFB Staff/Family CategoryCarlene Hart,

Washington County Farm Bureau Office Manager Hart shot this photo of Glenn Waller and his grandson Dante on Waller’s farm during their soybean harvest.


– Honorable Mention Winners: each received $75 –Harvesting Wheat Under the Stars & StripesGeneral Member-ship CategoryCretia Ariail,Franklin County,captured her husband Mark combining their wheat crop.

Farm FriendsGeneral Member-ship CategorySarah Besosa,Heard County,caught this kitten clowning around with Jolt, the horse, before a day of riding with a friend.

Country Livin’General Member-ship CategoryLonda Champion Jasper County“Those of us who live in rural Georgia get a little piece of heaven every evening,” Champion said of the sunset she captured.

A Peaceful WalkYoung Farmer CategoryAmy DuBois Twiggs CountyLast fall, DuBois shot her son, Beau, 8, inspecting the peanut crop her hus-band Brent grew.

Sampson’s DelightGeneral Member-ship CategoryMoriah Eavenson Franklin CountySampson, a Great Pyrenees, enjoys the red clover in the pasture where he guards goats on the Eavenson farm.

Snowy Morn in Georgia

General Membership Category

Vicki Franklin Baldwin County

If this barn looks familiar it’s because Franklin won an honorable mention in

our contest last year for a photo of her grandson

skipping towards this very same barn.

Road to Daddy’s Dream

Young Farmer Category

Brooke Hitchcock, Washington County,

shot this photo of daughter, Moriah, 4,

and son, J.W., 3, in May with her

husband James’ corn crop as the backdrop.

SunflowerGeneral Member-

ship CategoryEd Smith,

Coffee County,was fishing at

Paul Musgrove’s farm when he

shot this closeup of a hay rake.

Safe Within the Shepherd’s Fold

General Member-ship Category

Mike West, Habersham County,took this photo at a

local farmer’s egg stand just down

the road from the Nacoochee Indian

Mound.

GenerationsGeneral Member-

ship CategoryAnna Wilson Hart County

(L-R) Wilson’s dad, Dwayne Clark, daughter Grace

Wilson and brother Billy Clark plant

watermelons in the family garden.


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Farmers across Georgia are in the middle of fall harvest. This means travelers on Georgia’s rural roads

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Be mindful of farm equipment on roads

Apple DumplingsAmanda Gaddis, Pike County

5 apples, peeled and cut in half10 canned biscuitsCinnamon sprinkled to taste

Sauce2 cups sugar 1 1/2 tsps. Vanilla1/4 tsp. salt

2 cups water2 tbsp. self-rising flour1 Stick butter Wrap a biscuit around each apple half and place in baking dish. Bring all sauce ingredients to a rolling boil. Pour over dumplings. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake at 350˚ until golden and bubbly. Serves 10.

GFB cookbook full of seasonal recipes A Legacy of Georgia Cooking, the cookbook published by Georgia Farm Bureau’s Women’s Leadership Committee, is full of recipes pro-vided by Farm Bureau members that utilize Georgia-grown commodities. We’re sharing a recipe for apple dumplings from the cookbook since Georgia apples are in season. “This is a quick and easy recipe, but it tastes like you spent hours preparing it,” Pike County Farm Bureau member Amanda Gaddis said of her recipe. Most county Farm Bureaus are selling the cookbook. To purchase a cookbook, contact your county Farm Bureau office or the GFB Field Services Department at 478-474-0679, ext. 5231 or email [email protected]. The cookbooks make great Christmas gifts or wedding shower presents.


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pulls to the right side of the road don’t assume it is letting you pass. Farmers must sometimes pull to the right to execute wide left turns.

Georgia Farm Bureau encourages our farmers and motorists to be safe this fall while sharing the road and enjoying this wonderful season.

Tractors and other farm equipment traveling on highways should be equipped with a slow moving vehicle emblem. The triangle symbol warns motorists to drive with caution behind equipment and to pass equipment with care.

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Calhoun Produce Inc.Ashburn•229-273-1887

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After Thanksgiving when it’s time to pick out your Christmas tree, make plans to visit one of our many Christmas tree farms located across the state. We’re providing a list of our markets according to their main fall commodity. Visit http://www.gfb.org/commodities/cfm to access a complete listing of our GFB Certified Farm Markets. Be sure to visit the farm’s website or call to verify hours before visiting.


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Since June, Georgia’s 201st Agri-business Development Team (ADT) 1 has been stationed in

southeastern Afghanistan teaching Afghan farmers how to improve their farming skills in an effort to stabilize the country’s economy and rebuild its agri-cultural infrastructure after more than 30 years of war. The team is working in three provinces with employees of Af-ghanistan’s Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL), local government officials and directly with farmers whose main crops are wheat, potatoes, onions, grapes, apricots, mul-berries and apples. The ADT 1, based at Ft. Gordon in Augusta, consists of members of the Georgia Army National Guard. Many of the team members are farm-ers, grew up on farms or have agri-culture degrees. “We have a small, specialized team we handpicked,” said Col. Bill Williams, ADT 1’s commander and a South Carolina native who has experi-ence with cotton, tomatoes and water-melons. “We have real farmers on our team and a veterinarian on our team. Some members of our security team have agriculture experience as well.” One of these farmer-soldiers is Com-mand Sgt. Maj. Lenny Hall, of Register, a 24-year career member of the National Guard who runs a 70-head commercial cattle herd on his Bulloch County farm and raises goats. While Hall serves his one-year deployment, his father, wife and son, who just returned from a tour in Afghanistan, will run the family farm. “I volunteered for this mission. It’s something I wanted to do,” Hall said. “The average Afghan people need help and they want help. They want to be able to sustain themselves.” This summer, Hall was among the

ADT members who worked to help Afghan farmers establish a wheat seed growers association in one of the provinces ADT 1 is helping. The goal in establishing the association is to provide an affordable and sustainable source of improved wheat seed for the Afghan farmers. After the association formed in August, it held a training seminar in September that covered disease control, insect management, harvesting and grain storage. Another ADT member, Sgt. Carmen Benson, graduated from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 2009 with a degree in agricultural education. Since graduating, she’s taught ag education in Effingham County, and now she’s

putting her experience to work in Af-ghanistan on her first deployment. Benson, who joined the guard six years ago, grew up in a family where both parents served in the military. She found her calling as an agriculture teacher when she took a year of agri-science in high school. “I grew up knowing this is what I wanted to do,” Benson said when asked how she came to be in the guard. “The great thing about the guard is that I could still go to college and study agriculture and begin my career while serving in the military.” In September, Benson taught a seed quality class for 25 Afghans who are the equivalent of U.S. Cooperative Exten-

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My family raises broiler chickens. The poultry industry has seen the price of corn double from $4 a bushel last year to $8 a bushel this year. Poultry companies are also one of our teammates losing money due to high-er feed costs. The surest way for them to increase profitability is to produce fewer chickens, which may result in consumers paying more for chicken at the grocery store and in restaurants. Prices are also expected to increase for other products, too, such as cereal and peanut butter. But when you see these price increases don’t assume farmers are getting rich. Did you know that farmers and ranchers receive only 15.8 cents of every food dollar that consumers spend on food at home and away from home? According to the USDA, off-farm costs – marketing, process-ing, wholesaling, distribution and retailing – account for more than 80 cents of every food dollar spent in the United States. It’s harvest time and we all have

our God-given positions and talents. For any team to succeed everyone has to understand the role they play and be willing to do their part. Farmers are responsible for growing quality food as safely as possible while taking care of their animals and land. Consumers must make wise nutrition choices as they select the foods they buy and take steps to ensure they properly store and cook the food for their families. The Bible tells us in Isaiah 6:8, after God cleansed the prophet Isaiah of his sins, Isaiah immediately under-stood that God was looking for a wor-thy messenger to speak to his people. Isaiah responded by saying “Here I am, send me.” What coach isn’t thrilled to hear a player enthusiastically say “Send me in coach!” With teamwork and a spirit like Isaiah, we can enjoy produc-ing and consuming the world’s best homegrown food, and we can live a life more like Christ by loving our neighbors whether they be next door or across the globe.

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Teresa Chambers, of Jones County, was named the Southeast regional winner of Monsanto’s America’s Farmers Mom of the Year Contest this spring. One

of five regional winners, Chambers was selected by judges from Monsanto and the American Agri-Women in recogni-tion of the contributions she makes to her family, farm com-munity and agriculture. In August, Ga. Rep. Bubber Epps invited Chambers and her family to the Georgia Capitol and presented her with a special proclamation before the House Chamber. Chambers told the House, “I work on a daily basis to promote agriculture, because people don’t realize that it affects every aspect of their lives every day, from the food that they eat, to the clothes on their backs and schoolchildren writing with a pencil when they do their homework.” Teresa and her husband, Judd, who is the JCFB president, operate Chambers’ Dairy. In addition to their cattle, the fam-ily also raises hay, sorghum and rye grass. The couple has three sons Maine, 17, Bailey, 14, and Justin, 13. Jones County Farm Bureau (JCFB) Office Manager and friend Barbara Bridgers nominated Teresa. In her application nominating Teresa, Bridgers wrote: “Teresa works daily with her husband in all the work at the dairy. She is also active in Ag in the Classroom, taking time to share ag with elementary school children. She is al-ways willing to be involved with ag events at and welcomes and encourages field trips to the dairy farm for a first-hand experience for children and teens to see a working dairy. This remarkable young woman who balances home, farm and community is a wonderful candidate for Farm Mom of the Year. As the regional winner Teresa won $5,000.

Cooperative Extension redesigns website The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is mak-ing it easier for Georgians to access information through its newly redesigned website. Users can find links, publica-tions, videos, news articles and other information related to the topic they are interested in. Every page features a link to contact local county Exten-sion agents, so users can find someone to talk to if needed. Agriculture publications covering topics such as home gardening, fruit and vegetable, livestock and poultry pro-duction are housed on the new website along with links to hundreds of publications about food preparation and pres-ervation, families and finances. Visit http://www.extension.uga.edu to try out the new website.

Screven County Farm Bureau members Will and Wen-dy Boyd are one of four families from across the country featured in a series of online webisodes that provide a behind-the-scenes look into their farm life. The Boyds, who grow cotton, peanuts, corn, vegeta-bles and cattle on their farm along with Will’s brother, Ben, and father, Olin, talk about their daily lives as farm-ers and what it’s like to produce food and cotton. In the latest webisode, “Drought,” posted in early Sep-tember, Will explains the challenges the family has faced due to the dry weather this year. In “Growing the Com-munity,” Will and Wendy talk about their community and why they serve in leadership roles. Will is chairman of the county commission; Wendy serves on the board of directors at their children’s school, and Ben serves on the Georgia Farm Bureau Board of Directors. They are all also active volunteers with their county Farm Bureau. “Kids and Cattle” introduces the couple’s children and what they like about growing up on a farm. The webisodes may be viewed at http://www.Amer-icasFarmers.com.

Jones County Farm Bureau member Teresa Chambers addresses the Georgia House of Representatives during its special August session as House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Tom McCall (left) and House Speaker David Ralston (right) listen. The House recognized Chambers for being named the Southeast Farm Mom of the Year ear-lier this year.

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Ashlee said. Ashlee is sharing the local culture, too. “Across the branch” is a general-purpose phrase Brad and others use to describe where things happen in the local area, and she felt it characterized Rochelle and Wilcox County well enough that she adopted it for the name of her blog. The Woods are involved with Wilcox County Farm Bureau’s activities in the community. Brad chairs WCFB’s Young Farmer Committee, and the couple also serves on the Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmer Committee. “A lot of people are so distanced from farming they don’t know what we provide,” she said. “You don’t have to think about it when you live in a big city.” The blog has photo galleries - she calls them Cotton El-ementary and Watermelon Elementary - documenting vari-ous farming processes. There’s a collection on watermelon transplanting, one on the harvest, several sections on the cot-ton growth cycle and more. Ashlee says maintaining the blog doesn’t take a lot of

BLOGGER from page 6time, a key consideration for a busy working mom. “I spend most of the time with it taking pictures and I do some picture editing,” said Ashlee. “It’s not that much to write the posts. I’ll think of things all day long about a post I want to do or an idea I have. It’s not too much time.”

Wood’s cotton and watermelon blog entries:http://www.acrossthebranch.com/p/watermelon-elemen-tary.htmlhttp://www.acrossthebranch.com/p/cotton-elementary.html

Other online agriculture resources:Georgia Farm Bureauhttps://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaFarmBureauhttp://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=GaFarmBureau

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sion agents. The class covered collect-ing and storing seed, inspecting seed and determining the viability of fruit, vegetable and grain seed using simple germination tests. In addition to Benson, other female members of the ADT are working with Afghan women through the Women’s Initiative Training Team covering a va-riety of topics, such as food preservation and business. In September, 50 women attended two days of food preserva-tion training where they learned to can fruits and vegetables. At the end of the class, the participants received a can-ning kit that included glass jars, a pres-sure cooker and other utensils needed for canning. Another member of the ADT 1 is veterinarian Dr. George McCommon, of Macon, who is an associate profes-sor at Fort Valley State University. Maj. McCommon, an alum of the UGA Vet School, has been mentoring Afghan veterinarians and farmers to improve animal care. Recently, an Afghan veterinarian conducted training for farmers in his district without the assistance of the ADT, which is the end goal - to enable the Afghans to help themselves. Before they deployed to Afghani-stan, 25 members of Georgia’s ADT 1 went through an Extension boot camp of sorts at the UGA College of Agri-

cultural & Environmental Sciences in Athens. During their week at UGA, the team members attended classes on pruning fruit trees, irrigation, pest management, livestock management and food storage. The ADT 1 team from Augusta’s 201st is the first of three Georgia ADT teams committed to helping the same Afghan provinces through 2013. Next year, Georgia’s 265th Regional Sup-port Group from Metter, will send

an ADT team and another team from the 201st will return in 2013. “We’re looking at the big picture, not just what can we do to help them today but we know we can have a di-rect impact on giving them hope,” ex-plained Williams. “As you know, there are insurgencies in Afghanistan, and we’re trying to win their hearts and minds. We’re trying to show them that agriculture can produce a better quality of life for them and their families.”

Ga. ADT members SGM Lenny Hall (far left) and Maj. Greg Worden talk with members of a newly formed Afghan wheat growers association during a break in a training class.

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Georgia Farm Bureau will award a total of $14,250 in scholarships to 10 high school se-niors who plan to pursue an undergraduate

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at least a 3.0 average their freshman year and their college enrollment and major continue to meet the eligibility requirements of the scholarship. The remaining seven students will each receive a one-time $750 scholarship. Students submitting an application must currently be a Georgia high school senior and plan to enroll in a unit of the University System of Georgia or Berry College during the 2012-2013 academic year. Contact your county Farm Bureau office for more information or an applica-tion. The application deadline is February 24, 2012. Applications must be ap-proved and signed by the Farm Bureau president of the county in which the applicant resides or attends high school. You may also download a copy of the application by visiting http://www.gfb.org, selecting Programs and then Ag in the Classroom. The Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and the GFB Wom-en’s Leadership Committee sponsor the scholarship program. Winners will be announced in May 2012.

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Ramona Parris, of Marietta, took home second place and $850 for her Easy Buffalo Chicken Quiche, in-spired by the popular Buffalo chicken dip served at football parties. Parris says her dish is very economical, es-timating it can be made for as little as $5 while feeding six to eight people. Grace Vaughn, of Box Springs, captured third place and $650 for her Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Brownies. Vaughn said the inspira-tion for her recipe was the Reese’s chocolate peanut butter cups that she loves. In addition to the healthy ingre-dient of peanut butter, Vaughn used turbinado sugar, palm oil and wheat flour to alleviate guilt about eating the scrumptious brownies. Other contestants were: Debra Brooks of Byron, Chuck Holt of Cart-ersville, Neil Jones of Madison, Pen-ny Malcolm of Americus, Deborah Puette of Lilburn and Hillary Thorn-

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6 large new potatoes, cooked, thinly sliced1/2 stick butter, meltedSalt, pepper, garlic powder to taste

1 tbsp. cooking oil1/4 cup bell pepper, chopped1/4 cup onion, chopped11/2 cups smoked sausage, chopped11/2 cups shrimp, chopped, & 6-8 whole shrimp, tails on1 capful Zatarain’s crab boil8 eggs3/4 cup milk1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese1 cup grated cheddar cheese1 (8 oz.) can kernel corn, well drained1 box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix11/2 cups grated pepper jack cheeseCocktail sauce, parsley

Cook potatoes in microwave until fork tender in center. No need to peel. Potatoes may be cooked ahead, then sliced when ready to prepare recipe. Place sliced new potatoes in a 10x15-inch baking dish. Pour melted but-

ter evenly over potatoes, sprinkle on salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste. Set aside. Heat oil in skil-let. Add bell pepper, onion and sausage, stir and cook for about 5 minutes. Add chopped shrimp and whole shrimp; stir until shrimp are pink. Don’t overcook shrimp. Remove whole shrimp and save for garnish. Drain and set aside. Beat eggs and milk well. Stir in the Parmesan, ched-dar cheese and corn. Stir in corn muffin mix. Stir sausage and shrimp mixture into egg mixture. Pour evenly over the buttered new potatoes. Sprinkle the pepper jack cheese evenly over the top. Bake at 400˚ F for about 25 min-utes, until center is done. Serve with hot buttered grits. Garnish with cock-tail sauce, whole shrimp and parsley.

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Preheat oven to 350˚ F. In a large bowl combine sugar, peanut butter, palm oil and eggs. Stir until thorough-ly mixed. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to peanut butter mixture. Mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into an ungreased 9x13-inch pan. Bake for 25 minutes.

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Cooking spray2 (5 oz.) cans chicken breast in water, drained1 small onion, diced1 (3 oz.) package cream cheese, cubed in small pieces1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded4 eggs11/2 cups milk1 cup biscuit mix1/2 cup hot sauce1/2 tsp. kosher or sea salt

Preheat oven to 400˚ F. Spray a stan-dard pie pan with the cooking spray. In a medium bowl, mix the chicken, on-ion, cubed cream cheese and shredded cheddar, and then, place in the pie pan. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, milk, bis-cuit mix, hot sauce and salt for about one minute with a hand-mixer or un-til smooth. Pour the egg mixture over the ingredients in the pie pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

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Westville Harvest DaysOct. 27-29 & November 3-5 • Lumpkin

Step back in time to 1850 and watch Westville volunteers gin cotton, cook sugar cane syrup, make candles and soap! Visitors will also have the chance to help stack hay, shell corn, play games and enjoy old fashioned country cooking! Visit http://www.westville.org for more information or call 229-838-6310 for more information. Admission is $10 for kinder-garteners to age 64; $8 for senior citizens 65 and older. Pre-K kids are free.

Georgia Sweet Potato FestivalOct. 29 • Ocilla

The 51st Annual Georgia Sweet Potato Festival features a parade, arts and crafts show, cooking contest, pageant, clas-sic car and tractor show and much more. Proceeds from this year’s car show will help the Irwin County High School Marching Band travel to the Sugar Bowl in January. For more information, visit http://gasweetpotatofestival.com or call 229-468-9114.

Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village Trick or Treat

Oct. 29 • Tifton Children can take a trick or treat tour of the Village, see the Monster Spider Web and listen to ghost stories. Chil-dren and adults can participate in the museum’s costume contests. Visitors can also enjoy a train ride through the Haunted Village. Other events during October include the pumpkin patch, corn maze, and family farm ball ev-ery Saturday. Admission to the museum and Historic Village (formerly the Agrirama) on Tuesday-Friday is $7 for adults, $6 for se-niors (age 55 and over), $4 for children 5-16 years of age, and free for children four and under. Saturday admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (age 55 and over), $5 for children 5-16 years of age, and free for children four and under. For more information visit http://www.abac.edu/mu-seum or call 229- 391-5200.

Farm To Fork ConferenceNov. 1-2 • Tifton

This conference, sponsored by the UGA Center for Agri-business and Economic Development and the Georgia Cen-ter of Innovation for Agribusiness at the UGA Tifton Cam-pus, will cover the basics of developing a business to make and sell a food product. Workshops will cover developing a business plan, securing financing, legal issues, food qual-ity and safety regulations, packaging, sales techniques, food products reviews and much more. Business owners who are successfully selling food products they created will also speak. Registration is $39. Visit http://www.areg.caes.uga.edu to register. For more information contact Sarah Cook at [email protected] or 229-391-6882.

Okefenokee Events All activities start inside the east entrance of the Oke-fenokee National Wildlife Refuge, 7 miles southwest of Folkston, Ga., off the Okefenokee Parkway South (GA 121/23). Visit http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee or call 912 496-7366 ext. 233 for more information.

Oct. 28 • Owl Prowl • 7-8 p.m. Enjoy a guided hike along Cane Pole Trail and learn how the nightlife of the Okefenokee Swamp adapts to the dark! Meet at the flagpole in front of the Richard S. Bolt Visitor Center. Bring a flashlight (no lanterns), water, stur-dy shoes and bug spray. Trail is wheelchair accessible.

Star Party • 8-10 p.m. Join the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society to view the constellations, planets and other celestial bodies of the fall sky. Meet in the Richard S. Bolt Visitor Center Parking Lot. Wear sturdy shoes and bug spray.

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& Games 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Discover what life was like on the Chesser Homestead for the children and play the games they did! Meet at the Chesser Island Homestead and bring water, sun-screen, bug spray and wear sturdy shoes.


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Gardening SymposiumJan. 27-29, 2012 • Pine Mountain Scheduled speakers are: Dick Bir, Mike Francis, Tovah Martin, Jason Powell, Vincent Simeone, Charlie Thigpen and Shawn Walls. Event will include a gardening market, silent and live auction for unique plants, tours of private gar-dens. Fee is $245, which includes Fri. evening reception, two conti-nental breakfasts, Sat. box lunch, Sat. banquet, programs and ma-terials. Deadline for registration is Jan. 20, 2012. To register or for more information, contact the Callaway Gardens’ Education Department at [email protected] or 706-663-5153. A special room rate is available for Southern Garden-ing Symposium Registrants, starting at $79 per room per night at the Mountain Creek Inn.

The Royal Alpaca ChallengeNov. 5 & 6 • Conyers

Georgia International Horse Park The Georgia Alpaca Associa-tion presents this family-friendly, free event. Al-paca owners from across the U.S. will com-pete in the show ring for cash prizes. There willalso be fiber arts demonstrations and vendors offering all things alpaca such as sweaters, coats, blankets and hats. Event runs from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday. Visit http://www.RoyalAlpacaChallenge.com or call 706-897-2379 for more information.

Art at the RockNov. 19 & 20

Rock Eagle • EatontonThe show runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat. and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sun. Art for sale will include painting,

pottery, jewelry and woodcarving. Musicians will perform during the show and homegrown and home-

made items will be sold in the show’s marketplace. Food and beverages will also be available. Visit www.rockeagle4h.org/ART/ for more information or contact Tina Maddox at [email protected] or 706-484-2873.

Old South Farm CampsOngoing through Nov. 20 Old South Farm Museum

Woodland This fall the Old South Farm Museum and Ag Learn-ing Center is offering three-day farm camps through Nov 20. Pre-registration is required. For registration information and specific camp dates call Paul Bulloch 706-975-9136 or visit http://www.oldsouthfarm.com. Each camp begins at 7 p.m. on the first day with an orientation supper and ends by 11 a.m. on the third day. Camp includes six or more classes on a variety of topics ranging from milking a cow to making lye soap. Fee is $200 per person, including meals, housing, transportation and class materials. Each session will have between 20 to 40 campers. The camps will be offered again next spring from March to May.

Westville ChristmasDeck the Halls!

Dec. 5 • Lumpkin Help Westville decorate for Christmas while learning how Yuletide decorations were made in the 1850s. There is no charge for this event but come prepared to work. Visit http://

w w w. w e s t -ville.org or call 229-838-6310 for more infor-mation.

Dec. 10 Enjoy an old fashioned 1850s Christmas celebra-tion with music, dancing, and fun! Make Christmas crafts from the ear-ly Victorian times. Old Saint Nick may make an appearance!

Visit http://www.westville.org or call 229-838-6310 for more information. Admission is $10 for kindergarten-ers - age 64; $8 for senior citizens 65 and older. Pre-K kids are free.


All Georgia horse own-ers are being asked to par-ticipate in a survey the University of Georgia is con-ducting to learn more about Georgia’s equine industry. The Georgia Agricultur-al Commodity Commission for Equine has asked the UGA Center for Agribusi-ness and Economic Devel-opment to conduct a study to determine the economic impact Georgia’s equine industry has on the state economy. All individual survey responses will be kept confi-dential. To participate in the survey, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Equine2011.

Flavor of Georgia contest accepting entriesDepot in Atlanta. The contest and cat-egory winners will be announced on March 13 during Georgia Ag Day fes-tivities. Flavor of Georgia is only a starting point for many of the category winners, said Sharon Kane, contest director. “Nearly two-thirds of last year’s contestants saw an increase in their sales and business contacts following the contest,” she said. Previous winners have received na-tional attention. Candy-flavored Fond-arific was featured on the Food Net-work show Ace of Cakes. Hot Squeeze Sweet Heat Chipotle sauce sells in thousands of stores. The annual food contest is spon-sored by the CAED in partnership with the office of Governor Nathan Deal, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Agribusiness Council, the Center of Innovation for Agribusiness, UGA Department of Food Science and Technology and Walton County EMC. Register online at http://www.fla-vorofgeorgia.caes.uga.edu. For more information, call Kane at (706) 542-9809 or email [email protected].

products, snack foods, and jams, jellies and sauces. Entries will be judged on

flavor, best use of Georgia ingredi-ents, Georgia theme, unique or

innovative qualities, com-mercial appeal and originality. Product registra-tions will be accepted

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If you’ve developed a food prod-uct featuring a Georgia commodity be sure to enter the 2012 Flavor of Georgia contest. Judges are look-ing for market-ready foods - either com-mercially available or prototypes - from across the state. Categories include barbecue and hot sauces, confections, dairy products, meat

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