A capacity crowd turned out to hear Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black at last night's monthly meeting of the Chattooga County Young Farmer's.

Black Discussed the first Georgia Grown Symposium set for Nov. 8-9 in Macon. He said the state's getting an outstanding team of marketing professional's to promote Georgia Grown. He urged everyone there to market projects from freezer beef, to jars of jelly to tourism locations to promote their items on the Georgia Grown website. He urged everyone to go to the online Georgia Grown store which goes online Oct. 1 to get tee shirts, coffee mugs and other items promoting the state.

The two-day symposium, “Growing Your Business through Georgia Grown,” held at the Macon Marriott City Center, will focus on the production, distribution and the consumer side of food products as part of the state’s Georgia Grown marketing program, which links producers and consumers. Participants can choose workshops that fit their needs, ranging from finance, food safety, contracts and licensing, regulations, economic development and agri – tourism with workshops led by experts. Black urged Chattooga County's Young Farmers to attend the symposium.

State Representative Barbara Massey Reece and County Commissioner Jason Winters were on hand to greet Black, as was Reece's challenger Eddie Lumsden.

 

From the Chattooga Young Farmers Meeting: on the left, Jay Henry and Commissioner Jason Winters.  On the right State Representative Barbara Massey Reece and Jim Henry.