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Northeast Georgia News
Organic Farming: Good for Our Health, Environment
Murray Brett brushes his hands off after sifting through his Rouge de Bordeaux bread flour inside his Mill at DaySpring Farms. He puts the lid back on the bucket of his fresh batch of organically grown flour. In 2011, Murray and Paula Brett founded DaySpring Farms, located just 30…
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Athens-Clarke County
The Faces and Future of Community Gardening in Athens
As she steps through the gates of the Mae Willie Morton Community Garden, Barbara “Lady B” Sims can’t help but start picking the turnip greens growing in a garden bed close to the entrance. She moves toward a garden bed with collard greens and sighs. “I was hoping that people…
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In-Depth
The German Way: Making Market Fresh Produce More Accessible
Get in. Get out. The four words I utter internally as I enter the automatic doors leading to aisles of boxes and bags. Get in. Get out. I murmur to myself, “Milk and bread, I only need milk and bread.” I return home with plastic bags of sweets and savory…
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Athens-Clarke County
ACC Planning Department Works on ‘Backyard Chicken’ Ordinance
ATHENS — The Athens-Clarke County Planning Department is working on the "backyard chicken" ordinance this week — an ordinance that would let people keep chickens in residential areas.
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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."