A classic Southern New Year’s Day meal is black eyed peas and collard greens – meant to represent luck and financial prosperity in the new year. But black eyed peas in Georgia are in a rough spot – once a common local crop, they’ve been decimated in recent years by the cowpea curculio, a devastating weevil that is nearly impossible to wipe out. So now most black eyed peas on store shelves are from California or Texas, how’s that for luck! SINKING…
Could Paramount be coming to Georgia?
Paramount Skydance, one of the biggest and most prominent entertainment companies in the world, is furious at its home state of California over a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general attempting to stop a merger. In response, Chair David Ellison has threatened to move from Los Angeles to a state not actively suing his company, and Georgia was on the shortlist of possibilities. Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed the speculation at a luncheon Monday (and took a jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom), and while it’s a longshot the mere possibility of luring Paramount has Georgia RISING…
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