by JMO Staff | Oct 15, 2024 | Georgia Pines
If you’re in the Athens area this weekend you have the chance to get a closer look at the brightest comet to flash through Georgia’s sky in nearly 30 years. The Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet was discovered just last year, and astronomers say its brightness will...
by JMO Staff | Oct 8, 2024 | Georgia Pines
Last week the city of Plains, Georgia, in Sumter Co., celebrated the 27th annual Plains Peanut Festival to mark the harvest of South Georgia’s most famous cash crop – the peanut! The home of former President Jimmy Carter – known as the World’s...
by JMO Staff | Oct 1, 2024 | Georgia Pines
Last summer state agriculture officials were shocked by the discovery of the invasive yellow-legged hornet near Savannah in Chatham Co. The species, native to Southeast Asia, preys on honeybees and has wrought havoc on ecosystems in Europe and the Middle East, which...
by JMO Staff | Sep 24, 2024 | Georgia Pines
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners last week approved the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County’s purchase of the Macy’s sites at Gwinnett Place Mall, totaling 23 acres, for $16.5 million. County officials say they will explore a major redevelopment...
by JMO Staff | Sep 17, 2024 | Georgia Pines
Vidalia onions are a true Georgia hallmark. The state’s official vegetable was only discovered in the 1930s in in Toombs County, and quickly became favored due to their sweet, crisp taste that they owe to South Georgia’s low sulfur content in its soil. ...
by JMO Staff | Sep 10, 2024 | Georgia Pines
Flint River Fresh is a successful ‘Farm to School’ program in southwest Georgia that addresses three important priorities for local students: sustainable agriculture, food insecurity and education. A $25,000 grant from Archer-Daniels Midland Company...
