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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE • GARY W. BLACK, COMMISSIONER • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2015 • VOL. 98, NO. 17 • © COPYRIGHT 2015 Focus turns to farm vehicle safety as fall harvest requires highway travel By Amy Carter the balance of 2015.” Harris Blackwood, director of the Georgia Gov- Farm Vehicle Safety: Fall harvest is on the horizon, which means more ernor’s Office of Highway Safety, said the number heavy farm machinery will be traveling the roadways of crashes between farm equipment and passenger p Georgia law requires the attachment of a slow-moving vehicle reflector of Georgia, shuttling between fields and farms to vehicles is an ongoing concern. to the back of any machine that travels the road slower than 25 mph. work. Because the top speed of most tractors is be- According to statistics from Blackwood’s office, Always point the triangle up, keep the SMV emblem clean to maximize tween 15 and 25 miles per hour, accidents with fast- a total of 2,438 collisions of passenger and farm ve- reflectivity, and replace the emblem when it fades, normally every 2 -3 moving passenger vehicles are all too common. hicles occurred in Georgia between 2009 and 2014. years. That’s why Georgia Department of Agriculture The number of fatalities in such accidents more than p Mark the edges of tractors and machines with reflective tape and Commissioner Gary W. Black and the Governor’s doubled from 10 in 2013 to 21 in 2014, as did inju- reflectors. Consider installing retrofit lighting on older machinery to Office of Highway Safety will be on the road in Sep- ries. Over the span of those five years, 4,760 vehicles increase visibility. tember and October promoting farm vehicle safety were involved in accidents involving farm machinery p Turn on your lights, but turn off rear spotlights when going onto the statewide. on the highways of Georgia. road. From a distance they can be mistaken for headlights. “Too many families have endured far too much “For four years, we have been working with the p Avoid the highway during rush hours and bad weather. Do not drive physical and emotional pain in recent years because Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Georgia before sunrise or after sunset. of farm and motor traffic accidents,” Black said. “The Farm Bureau Federation and other groups to promote p Use pilot cars, one in front and one in back, if you are going a long dis- vast majority of these accidents, injuries and deaths safety for farm equipment on the road. We continue tance. Hang orange flags out of the windows of these pilot vehicles. were avoidable. As farmers we must all make light- to remind motorists of their responsibility to share the p Consider installing mirrors on equipment to enable you to be aware of ing and signage a priority. By partnering again with road with farmers and their equipment,” Blackwood motorists around you. the Governor and Highway Safety Director Harris said. “At the same time, we know that farmers have a Blackwood, my hope is that we can also significantly responsibility to be as visible as possible and use all Source: The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety elevate the awareness of the traveling public during See FARM VEHICLE SAFETY, page 12 Josef M. Broder named interim dean INSIDE THIS ISSUE of UGA’s College Of Agricultural Sciences Farmland Rent/Lease ................2 By Sam Fahmy he will step down from his position to lead the Livestock Auctions ....................4 University of Georgia International Fertilizer Development Center, a global organization that works to alleviate hun- Arty’s Garden .............................7 University of Georgia Senior Vice President ger. Farm Camp .............................. 12 for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela Whit- Sheila Allen, dean of the College of Veteri- ten has appointed a committee to begin a nation- nary Medicine, will chair the 23-member search al search to fill the position of dean and director committee, which includes faculty from UGA’s of the College of Agricultural and Environmen- campuses in Athens, Griffin and Tifton, staff, tal Sciences. students, and alumni, as well as government and Notice Josef M. Broder, who has served as associate agribusiness representatives. The deadline to submit dean for academic affairs for the past decade, has Georgia Department of Agriculture Commis- ads for the Sept. 16 issue – agreed to serve as interim dean beginning Sept. sioner Gary W. Black, an alumnus of UGA, will Dr. Josef Broder has been named interim dean of including Farmland for Rent/ 19. J. Scott Angle, who has served as dean of serve on the search committee as will Zippy Du- the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmen- val, president of the Georgia Farm Bureau. tal Sciences. Clint Thompson/UGA. Lease – is noon Sept. 2 the college since 2005, recently announced that GEORGIA GROWN PROFILE: PREP Cook | Create | Connect gives foodie entrepreneurs a place to grow By Emani Odumosu concept. nered with restaurateurs Doug Foods, Gordon, PFG and Destiny “PREP is not a traditional Marranci and JR Santos to create Organics,” Jaffe said Have you ever enjoyed a great shared kitchen and we are not an PREP Cook | Create | Connect. The PREP team joined the ag- meal from a local food truck and incubator,” said Michele Jaffe, The combination of their profes- riculture department’s Georgia wondered, “How do they prepare PREP’s founder and director of sional backgrounds was a recipe Grown marketing program for all of this amazing food in such sales and marketing. “We have for success. PREP is now the base the wide exposure it gives them to limited space?” incubator-like ameni- of operations for 93 producers statewide, and considers The answer, at least for metro ties which provide re- small food business it a valuable tool for its members. Atlantans, is PREP Atlanta, a fa- sources and guidance owners, and that “We encourage all of our mem- cility that provides shared com- to help small food number is likely to bers to join and take advantage of mercial kitchen space and other businesses take their rise. In addition to the many resources that Georgia resources for small business own- business to the next providing physical Grown offers to local specialty ers within the food industry. level.” space for food prep, food producers and bakers,” Jaffe The facility, which opened in Jaffe built the con- the facility offers a said. May of 2014, is the first shared cept of PREP from number of services For more information about kitchen in the southeast to be ap- the ground up. It all to its members, in- PREP Cook | Create | Connect visit proved by the USDA, FDA, Geor- started with her dream of becom- cluding wholesale food and supply www.prepatl.com. gia Department of Agriculture, ing a specialty food producer af- procurement. State Department of Public Health ter years of working in corporate “Most small food businesses –Emani Odumosu recently and DeKalb County Health De- America. After doing extensive do not qualify for wholesale pric- earned an associate’s degree in partment. research she decided she needed a ing, but when you bring every- mass communications. She cur- While there are a number of shared kitchen. body together they qualify sig- rently works in the Pesticides Di- shared kitchen providers in Geor- Jaffe and her husband, real es- nificantly. We go out and represent vision of the Georgia Department Mail to: Agriculture Published by the Ga. Department of Black, Commissioner W. Gary gia, PREP raised the bar with its tate developer Mitch Jaffe, part- everybody to companies like U.S. of Agriculture. PAGE 2 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN – 404-656-3722 – agr.georgia.gov WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 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. 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