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Sunbelt Ag Expo's Annual Field Day to be Held July 23

By Loren Lindler North America’s Premier Farm Show, the Sunbelt Ag Expo, is held each year in Moultrie, Georgia. The Sunbelt Ag Expo is...

Project Update: Sunbelt Ag Expo Strategic Plan (Impact Assessment)

By Jessica Akins Georgia’s Rural Center recently completed a two-part project in partnership with UGA’s Center for Agribusiness and...

Project Update: Chattooga County Marketing Strategic Plan

By Janet Cochran To live and work in Chattooga County is to experience the goodness of “small town America” where hidden treasures of...

Project Update: Berrien County Marketing Strategic Plan

By Jessica Akins Located in south-central Georgia just a few miles east of interstate 75, you’ll find Berrien County, Georgia, and its...

Regional webinars for small businesses: April 6 + 7, 2020

During these times of uncertainty, organizations are teaming up to bring small businesses the resources and information they need to...

Georgia Department of Agriculture Introduces Georgia Farm Recovery Program

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black along with Dr. David Bridges, Interim Director of Georgia's Rural Center and President of...

Letter from the Director: Center happenings

As we wrap up 2019, and our first full calendar year of operations, let’s review some of the highlights of a busy fourth quarter. October...

Sunbelt Expo: “A Showcase of Rural Living”

Held in Moultrie every October since 1977, Sunbelt is the largest farm show in North America, boasting more than 1,200 exhibitors on a 100-a

Rural Center aims to improve health care outcomes for rural Georgians

By Mary Catherine Gaston Well before sunrise on a crisp spring morning in rural Indiana, a small hospital receives an alert that an...

Where does my food come from?

Last summer, ABAC quietly assumed control of its dining operations after more than 20 years of outsourcing the work to external corporations

Rural Center to study regional health care simulation center for south Georgia

By Mary Catherine Gaston The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation announced today plans to evaluate the development of a regional...

Letter from the Director: Updates from 2019 Legislative Session

The 2019 legislative session wrapped up April 2, and the legislators continued their work to encourage economic development in rural...

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Our creative team has been burning the midnight oil to build a place here on the web where we can share the nitty-gritty details of the...

January 2019 Recap

By Mary Catherine Gaston Georgia's Rural Center hit the ground running in January and began our first full year of operation with a...

Don't miss a [rural] thing!

By Mary Catherine Gaston The Rural Center's rural events calendar is live on the homepage! Help us make this THE go-to source for folks...

Call to action: Let's make 2019 a historic year for rural Georgia

Today's post by Rural Center Interim Director Dr. David Bridges sets the stage for the 2019 legislative session, which began today in...

2018 Ag Summit: A student's perspective

By Loren Lindler Georgia’s Rural Center was proud to host the 2018 Ag Summit in Macon, Georgia, at Middle Georgia State University...