2023: Celebrating the “Real” Georgia
Join us throughout 2023 as we celebrate five years of rediscovering the “real” Georgia, rural Georgia.
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A rural Georgia experience: Turpentine still at ABAC's GMA
By Loren Lindler Summer is here, the kids are out of school, and fun opportunities in rural Georgia are endless. If you're looking for...
Project Update: Dawson County Trail Master Plan
By Janet Cochran Dawson County is located in mid-north Georgia where the City of Dawsonville is the county seat. Just one hour north of...
Exploring rural Georgia: Macon County
By Mary Catherine Gaston It is true that rural Georgia has no shortage of small towns worthy of a day trip. Boasting two beautifully...
Celebrating National Fresh Fruit + Vegetable Month in rural Georgia
Things are heating up in rural Georgia and warmer days are here to stay, which means that it's time for fresh fruit and vegetables, and,...
Exploring rural Georgia: Dawsonville
By Loren Lindler Mountains, moonshine, and motorsports - what more could you need for a weekend of fun? Encompassing all three of these...
Rooted in rural Georgia: Mark Williams
By Charley Lollis One of Odum, Georgia’s residents of just over 400, Mark Williams, is making his mark on the map in rural Georgia as the...
Celebrating Beef Month in rural Georgia
By Loren Lindler Have you ever heard the commercial that says, "Beef. It's what's for dinner." Well, it's Beef Month in Georgia, and we...
Building H.E.R.O. in rural Georgia
By Loren Lindler The farm-to-table initiative has become a seemingly popular movement for many rural Georgians, especially over the last...
Exploring rural Georgia: Hartwell
By Charley Lollis As the weather is warming up and a hot Georgia summer is soon upon us, we will all be looking for ways to cool off. If...
Getting wild in rural Georgia: Wildlife
By Loren Lindler If you've ever seen the Wizard of Oz, you may have heard Dorothy say, "Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my!" We may not...
Project Update: Georgia grown cotton medical scrubs
It's October. A nurse who works at a rural hospital in a South Georgia community looks at the clock as it ticks steadily toward 5 a.m....
Growing in rural Georgia: Forestry
By Loren Lindler There's a lot of things growing in rural Georgia - apples, cotton, fish, and, often overlooked, timber. Did you know...
Celebrating National Pecan Month in rural Georgia
By Loren Lindler Pee-kahn? Pee-can? Pick-ahn? No matter how you say it, we can all agree Georgia pecans are the perfect little treat....
Rooted in rural Georgia: Jason Dunn
By Charley Lollis For the past five years, Director of Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County Development Authority Jason Dunn has spent every...
Celebrating Georgia Ag Week 2021 in rural Georgia
By Loren Lindler In an effort to honor Georgia's largest industry, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and Georgia Grown have...
2021 Georgia's Rural Center Photo Contest Winners Announced
The 2021 Georgia's Rural Center Photo Contest has officially come to a close. With 223 photos entered into five categories, photographers...
Exploring rural Georgia: Sylvester
By Charley Lollis If you've ever traveled along highway 82 between Tifton and Albany, you've probably passed through the Peanut Capital...
Celebrating National Peanut Month in rural Georgia
By Loren Lindler If you've ever traveled up I-75 through Tifton and stopped at the Georgia Peanut Commission for a bag of peanuts, you...
Rural Revival in the Making – Will You Be a Part?
By David Bridges, Director of Georgia’s Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation and President of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College...
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