farms
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Environment
Northeast Georgia Farms Face Hardships Amid Recent Labor Shortages, Inflation
The past year has brought numerous challenges for the nation’s industries, two of the most impactful being record-high inflation and labor shortages. An industry tightly tied to Georgia’s economy that has felt the strain — the agriculture industry. The labor shortages have arisen in the past few years and industries…
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Northeast Georgia News
Georgia Department of Agriculture to Help Farmers Find Funding For Organic Certification
ATHENS — Agriculture is Georgia's number one industry, yet less than one percent of farms in Georgia are organic certified. The Department of Agriculture said it's the cost that keeps farms from becoming "organic certified."