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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE • GARY W. BLACK, COMMISSIONER • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 • VOL. 98, NO. 22 • © COPYRIGHT 2015 Department of Agriculture’s Feed-My-School program is gaining momentum statewide Folklore holds that the six-week summer break of a potato is not French fry.” between school years is a vestige of Georgia’s Jackson County northeast of Atlanta is the em- agrarian past, a throw-back to the era when harvest bodiment of the widening chasm between urban time on the family farm required all hands in the and rural life. On its eastern side, the county is field. Nowadays, summer vacation is just that – a heavily rural with many farms, while the western recreational break from reading, writing and arith- side of the county backs up to the urban sprawl of metic – while school itself is the place where most metro Atlanta. Children can be just that close to the children learn to reap what is sowed in the dirt. source of their food and never realize that the pro- Farm-to-school initiatives like the Georgia De- teins, vegetables and starches on their dinner plates partment of Agriculture’s Feed-My-School pro- came from the farm down the road, not the grocery gram are introducing the art and science of farming store uptown. to children who might never experience it other- Relinda Walker’s 125-acre farm in Sylvania has wise. Modern life has become so city-centric that begun supplying certified organic fruits and veg- few children have ever seen the food they eat in its etables to the Effingham County school system this natural state. year. “You say tomato to a child, they automatically “So far we’ve provided sweet potatoes and rad- envision ketchup,” said Debra Morris, nutrition di- ishes,” Walker said. “We expect to do kale and col- rector for Jackson County schools. “They need to lards in November and carrots in December.” A White County Elementary School student gets to know a Georgia dairy cow on World Milk Day. know where their food comes from. The definition See FEED-MY-SCHOOL, page 6 INSIDE THIS ISSUE It’s the Great Farmland Rent/Lease ................2 Livestock Sales/Auctions ..........4 Pumpkin Display! Beekeeping Dos and Don’ts ......6 Charlie Stokes started selling flowers at the Savannah State Farmers Market in 1996, Ison’s Catalog Endures............ 12 four years after suffering a debilitating stroke. He learned produce buying and reselling by watching other vendors on the market and kept moving up as others departed. He now occupies the first stall on Notice the market, and boasts the biggest display The deadline to submit in Savannah of pumpkins, hay, gourds, corn ads for the Nov. 25 issue – stalks and cotton for decorating. Stokes including Farmland Rent/ and his family are present at the market year-round selling fresh produce in season Lease – is noon Nov. 11. as well as landscape and bedding plants, boiled and raw peanuts, fresh flowers and Christmas trees. GEORGIA GROWN PROFILE: Quality crops grow from seed verified by the GSD By Emani Odumosu and Environmental Sciences plant provement Association to verify Commissioner Gary Black serves breeders are provided in adequate that it is true to type and increases it on the GSD Board of Directors. Georgia Seed Development quantities to the organizations that under strict quality standards. That Providing quality material and Commission is a non-profit orga- want to commercialize them,” said material is then distributed to local advancing Georgia agriculture is nization that oversees plant mate- Boerma. “We insure the quality seed growers who produce even the primary goal for GSD. The or- rial production within the State of control aspect but we also assist larger amounts for commercial use. ganization continues to support the Georgia. In 1959, GSD was GSD works with efforts of those who share that vi- established to ensure the de- about 25 different crops sion and strive to help move things velopment of plant material including peanuts, soy- forward. that is true to type and to guar- beans, cotton and blue- In keeping with that trend, antee producers equal oppor- berries. They are also Georgia Seed Development Com- tunity to obtain new varieties. working with the horti- mission is also a proud Georgia Roger Boerma worked at cultural industry to help Grown member because it benefits the University of Georgia for 40 the University of Georgia Research get new varieties into the market- those the commission serves. years developing soybean varieties Foundation in terms of licensing place. “We joined Georgia Grown and is now the executive director material to seed groups, nurseries Georgia Seed Development because we believe in the concept of the Georgia Seed Development or turf organizations.” works closely with the Georgia De- and the positive things that are go- program. When a UGA plant breeder partment of Agriculture, as GSD ing for the many people that use “Our goal is to make certain develops a new seed variety – re- was previously an agency within Georgia seed,” Boerma said. that these new varieties developed ferred to as “breeder seed” – GSD the department before becoming To learn more about the organi- Mail to: Agriculture Published by the Ga. Department of Black, Commissioner W. Gary by UGA College of Agricultural works with the Georgia Crop Im- a non-profit corporation in 2008. zation, visit www.gsdc.com PAGE 2 farmers and consumers market Bulletin – 404-656-3722 – agr.georgia.gov WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 Market Bulletin Advertising Guidelines Please note there are two Market Bulletin Subscriber Guidelines different mailing addresses for Only subscribers with a current subscrip- specified deadline date in order to appear in Online-only subscriptions are $5 per year. Print subscriptions, which include a compli- the Market Bulletin: a PO Box tion number are allowed to advertise in the the next applicable edition of the Market Bul- mentary online subscription, are $10 per year. Market Bulletin. Advertisers are limited to one letin. Ads that are not received by deadline To subscribe by mail, send a check payable to Georgia Department of Agriculture along for subscriptions and a street ad per issue per subscriber number. Out-of- will appear in the following applicable edition. with your name, complete mailing address and phone number to: address for ads and all other state subscribers are only allowed to publish Georgia Department of Agriculture ads in the Out-of-State Wanted category. Ads can be scheduled to run in two consec- Attn: Market Bulletin communications. All advertisements published in the Market utive issues, if the category allows. A new ad PO Box 742510 Bulletin must relate to farming, agriculture or must be submitted if the advertiser wants the Atlanta, GA 30374-2510 2 Turf tires & wheels, size 16.9x24 for be a part of these industries. All items submit- ad to run more than two consecutive issues. To subscribe or renew online, visit agr.georgia.gov to pay by electronic check, Visa or Ford Tractor, like new, kept under cover, ted for sale through the Market Bulletin must MasterCard. $800. Theresa Alford Commerce 770- meet at least one of the following criteria: Regular-run category ads are limited to Please note we no longer accept cash payment for subscriptions. Subscriptions are only 815-2453 1. Must be produced by advertisers on 20 words, including name and either phone available on a one-year basis. Each subscription or renewal must be paid for separately – their farming operation number and city or full physical address. please do not combine two on a check or money order. To see when your subscription is up 2000 C-7500 dump truck, CAT diesel 2. Must be made by the advertisers from The following ad categories are published for renewal, check the expiration date on the page 1 mailing label. 3126, 9 spd. trans.126k, 14ft bed, gvwr, materials on their farming operations periodically and allow up to 30 words: Farm 33,000. $20,000 Obo. Jesse Hollifield 3. Must be owned and used by advertis- Services, Farm Services Wanted, Farmland 1946 John Deere LA Tractor, runs and Jasper 770-894-7098 ers on their farming operations for at least 90 Rent/Lease, Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted, drives, needs tires, has cultivators, re- 2002 New Holland TC29D, Four Wheel days prior to offering for sale. Farmland for Sale, Equine at Stud, Equine FARM MACHINERY built magneto and carburetor,$1,000 Drive Tractor with front -end loader & Businesses, corporations, dealerships, Miscellaneous, Boarding Facilities, Farmland If you have questions regarding this real estate agents and other commercial en- for Sale and Handicrafts. OBO. Cody Mathis Gibson 706-598- hydrostatic, 508 hours, $11,000. terprises are not allowed to advertise in the category, call 404-656-3722. 3284 Barbara Holbrooks Blairsville 706-897- Market Bulletin. These are enterprises that To submit an ad: Only farm machinery and equipment 1947 Ferguson 2N tractor, runs but 1983 produce products intended for mass market; Please include your subscription number owned by the advertiser and used in clutch is stuck. Michael Richardson El- 2003 MF 231s Tractor, 45HP, 125 hours handle larger than normal quantities of prod- in all mail and fax correspondence. his/her own farming operation can be berton 706-283-7134 plus 7) 3 pt hitch implements included, uct for distribution; are supported by busi- Fax: 404-463-4389 advertised; those persons advertising 1950 Ford Tractor 8N, very nice con- $15,000. Patricia Edwards Hampton ness advertisements; listed under business Mail: Market Bulletin for machinery and equipment wanted directories in phone books; hold business Georgia Department of Agriculture dition, runs good, good paint, new rear 770-478-4661 licenses or other regulatory licenses, permits 19 Martin Luther King Jr.