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Incorporating Beef into a Healthy Lifestyle

Instead of scooping a protein substitute out of a container, head to the beef counter at your local grocery store!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Agriculture
- Beef
- Health
05/09/2018
New Member Benefit: Great Wolf Lodge

The newest addition to your benefits has arrived just in time for summer vacation!
- Categories:
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Member Benefits
05/10/2018
Fighting Pollen? Fight Smarter with These Pollen-Busting Tips

Are your sinuses clogged? Do you feel like you are walking in a sea of yellow dust? Have you washed your car three times this week? Welcome to pollen season in Georgia.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Pollen
- Spring
06/04/2018
Soy In Your Car?

Soybeans are the second-largest crop grown on U.S. farms, and while the Midwest is the heartland of soybean production, Georgia farmers planted more than 150,000 acres of soybeans in 2017.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Tags:
- Agriculture
10/16/2018
“Get More with Milk” during National Dairy Month!

Dairy Month honors the hard work and dedication it takes to produce wholesome, nutritious milk. Learn more about nutritional value, dairy farmers and the happy cows that keep our thirst quenched!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Diary Farmer
- farming
- Milk
06/19/2018
New ‘Ag Across America’ Game and App Debut

Want your student to learn where their food comes from, who grows it and how it ends up on their dinner table? The Ag Across America game can do just that!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Education
- Tags:
- Agriculture
- Education
08/07/2018
Young Farmer Jesse Patrick, Bridges the Gap Between Past and Present

A sixth-generation farmer, Jesse Patrick grew up on a 700-cow dairy farm in Eatonton. To say farming is in his blood would be an understatement.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Farm Bureau
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Farm
- Farmers
- Georgia Farm Life
- Jobs in Agriculture
- Life Lessons
- Young Farmers
09/02/2018
Fall Events at Your Local Certified Farm Market

All year round our Certified Farm Markets are bustling with agritoruism!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Agritourism
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Agritourism
- Fall
08/30/2018
Peanut Butter Whip with Apples

Our partners at The Dairy Alliance shared their this quick and in-season back-to-school snack that's sure to score an afternoon A+!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Tags:
- Apples
- Certified Farm Markets
- Recipes
09/03/2018
Smart Southerner

A rural Bainbridge boy, raised on the religion of football, grew to become one of the nation’s leading influencers in college athletics. Meet Kirby Smart, head coach of the University of Georgia football team.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Georgia Neighbors Magazine
- Lifestyle
09/18/2018
Who Grew My Breakfast?

Ever wondered how many farmers it takes to help you make the most important meal of the day? As the leading industry in Georgia, agriculture is all around you – especially when you and your family break bread around the table.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Local
- Recipes
09/16/2018
Wherever You Go, We're There With You

Personal property loss can be a difficult experience, no matter if it’s a small fender-bender or significant damage to your home. The good news is, Georgia Farm Bureau is here to help.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Insurance
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Insurance
09/15/2018
Tale of a Trailblazer

Georgia Cattlemen’s Association President Kristy Arnold is changing perceptions of women’s role in agriculture.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Agriculture
- Life Lessons
- Lifestyle
09/17/2018
Fresh Fixins with Georgia-Based Chef, Matthew Newton

With help from our Certified Farm Markets, Chef Matthew Newton of The Rookery in Macon shares his favorite tailgating recipes. This starting lineup will tackle your palate with flavor & help you score a touchdown with friends at your next tailgate party.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Certified Farm Markets
- Recipes
09/14/2018
Holiday Gift Guide

A handful of good things you're sure to fancy this fall - best served alongside a mug of apple cider and a cozy scarf.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Agritourism
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Certified Farm Markets
- Georgia Made
- Local
12/04/2018
I Farm. I Vote.

I Farm. I Vote. is an initiative to encourage Georgia’s farmers and rural communities to exercise their civic duty to vote and to provide education on candidates’ policy positions.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Legislative
- Tags:
- Agriculture
- Legislative
09/12/2018
Drop Biscuit Pear Cobbler

Craving something sweet to enjoy on a cold fall night? This Southern classic is sure to hit the spot and is versatile depending upon what fruit is season.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Dessert
- Pears
- Recipes
11/27/2018
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

As an iconic fall flavor, dusting off the pumpkin recipes lets us know the season of giving thanks is upon us! Our Certified Farm Market Program has 16 different locations across the state where you can pop in and pick up a pumpkin of your choice.
- Categories:
- Agritourism
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Dessert
- Pumpkin
- Recipes
10/29/2018
Ag in the Classroom - 4 Simple Ways You Can Thank a Farmer this November!

The purpose of the Ag in the Classroom is to increase agricultural literacy among children and the general public. This November let’s tell our farmers “thank you” for providing us with the food, fiber and timber we depend on daily.
- Categories:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Blog
- Education
- Tags:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Children Activites
11/07/2018
Growing the Next Generation of Farm Leaders

Last week, AFBF President Zippy Duvall had the privilege of spending a day at the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis. He spoke with students from across the country on some pressing issues facing agriculture and rural America.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Tags:
- 4-H
- AFBF
- FFA
11/01/2018
UGA Economist Believes Georgia Farmers Need Financial Relief Immediately

To avoid losing their farms following Hurricane Michael, Georgia farmers need financial relief as soon as possible.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Tags:
- Hurricane Michael
11/08/2018
Give the Gift of Reading!

With Christmas right around the corner, choose to give the gift of reading this year! Ag in the Classroom Coordinator, Lauren Goble, has compiled a list of agriculture based Christmas books that help children learn while celebrating the holiday!
- Categories:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Education
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Ag Books
- Ag in the Classroom
- Ag Literacy
12/12/2018
The Farmers' Wave

In my travels around our tiny piece of rural Georgia, I pass many folks on the road that may not know me and I may not know them, but we abide by the common country courtesy of the wave.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Family
- Life Lessons
- Traditions
04/11/2018
What's it like to be a National FFA Officer?

As the National FFA Southern Region Vice President, Ian Bennett will spend about three hundred days of the next year on the road, traveling over one hundred thousand miles and doing somewhere in the neighborhood of about sixty-five facilitated workshops.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Agriculture
- FFA
- Georgia Farm Life
- Young Farmers
04/24/2018
Collard Greens

While these fibrous leafy greens are available year-round, collard greens are at their prime from January to June!
- Categories:
- Blog
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Certified Farm Markets
- Collard Greens
- Local
- Recipes
- Savory
07/11/2018
Farm talk with celebrity chef, Kevin Gillespie

Here’s your chance to get to know Kevin Gillespie, the engaging Georgia-native who’s making headlines and garnering national attention for his unique and fresh take on farm-raised, artisan food.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Farm
- farming
- Food
- Georgia Farm Life
03/29/2018
Fresh Fixins with Georgia-Based Chef, Cissy Bates

With help from two of our Certified Farm Markets, Thompson Farms and B&G Honey Farm, Chef Cissy Bates shares the perfect recipes for a wipe-your-brow, sipping' on sweet-tea, spring afternoon.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Certified Farm Markets
- Entrée
- Green Beans
- Honey
- Pork
- Recipes
- Savory
- Sweet
03/19/2018
Common Mistakes 20-Somethings Make When Buying Insurance

Part 2 in the series: What mistakes could you be making in how you buy insurance.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Insurance
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Insurance
- Life Lessons
04/19/2018
Products We Love: Goodson Pecans

Georgia is chock-full of products that are born and bred, right here in our great state!
- Categories:
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Tags:
- Agriculture
- Pecans
- Products We Love
05/17/2018
A 20-Somethings Guide to Understanding Risk

Part 1 in the series: What mistakes could you be making in how you buy insurance.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Insurance
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Insurance
- Lifestyle
03/25/2018
Strawberry Season is Here!

Strawberries are ripe and ready for picking across the state of Georgia!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Agritourism
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Certified Farm Market
- Farm
- Farmers
- Spring
- Strawberries
- Travel
04/01/2018
5 reasons to get involved in Young Farmers & Ranchers

Learn what involvement in YF&R means to current members from across the state of Georgia!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Farm Bureau
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Farmers
- Lifestyle
- YF&R
04/25/2018
Beef Cattle Production in Georgia

As we have entered the Month of May which happens to be Georgia Beef Month and National Beef Month, it is a perfect time to highlight our beef industry here, the producers, and all of the many reasons why great beef comes from Georgia.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Agriculture
- Beef
- Lifestyle
05/29/2018
Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs are a southern staple no matter how you slice it, dice it, mix it or garnish it!
- Categories:
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- CFM
- Eggs
- Recipe
- Savory
05/14/2018
8 Things To Know About CUVA

There are so many acronyms out there, it’s hard to keep them all straight. One acronym that is critically important to Georgia farmers is CUVA, or the Conservation Use Value Assessment.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Legislative
- Tags:
- Property
01/02/2018
Sweet Potato Fries

A different take on traditional fries that are tasty and can be enjoyed year round. Help us celebrate National Sweet Potato Month by adding these to your dinner menu.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Certified Farm Market
- Georgia Farm Life
- Savory
- Snack
- Sweet Potatoes
- Vegetable
02/13/2018
Meet Tucker Felkins, State FFA President

Tucker shares the goals he hopes to achieve during tenure as a state officer!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Farm
- Farmers
- FFA
- Georgia Farm Life
- Life Lessons
- Young Farmers
02/15/2018
Meet Hinkley Hood, State FFA Secretary

Hinkley explains what drove him to run for state office!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Farm
- Farmers
- FFA
- Georgia Farm Life
- Life Lessons
- Young Farmers
02/18/2018
Jobs in Ag: Education

Meet Matthew Darby, Agriculture Education Teacher at Northside High School in Houston County.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Tags:
- Jobs in Ag
05/06/2018
Georgia Harvest Calendar

Want to know what's available and when? Check out the Georgia Harvest Calendar to find out!
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Agritourism
- Blog
- Certified Farm Markets
- Food
- Tags:
- Agriculture
- Fruits
- Seasonal
- Vegetables
07/31/2018
Savory Ribeye Steak

Steak can be an intimidating meat to add to your dinner rotation. With this easy recipe you can make in the oven with a cast iron skillet, you will be adding steak to the menu every week.
- Categories:
- Blog
- Food
- Tags:
- Beef
- Certified Farm Market
- Steak
05/01/2018
The Dirt on Compost

Let's talk more about the benefits of composting, what not to add to your compost pile, and how to know what's best for your garden.
- Categories:
- Blog
- DIY
- Gardening
- Tags:
- Composting
- DIY
- Gardening
03/13/2018
Strawberry Fruit Pizza

We heard it was National Strawberry Day and thought there was no better way to celebrate than by whipping up a sweet treat! This fruit pizza is a go to when fresh berries are in season, and lucky for us, strawberries will be here before you know it!
- Categories:
- Blog
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Strawberries
02/26/2018
Transparency on the Farm

Each of us is unique. We come from different places, work different jobs, and enjoy different hobbies. But one thing that we all have in common is food.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Agritourism
- Blog
- Tags:
- Farm
- Farmers
- Social Media
08/28/2018
Don't Rely on Guardian Angels to Stay Safe on the Farm

Farm kids have tough guardian angels who wear jeans, helmets and steel-toe boots.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Agricultural Safety Awareness Week
- Georgia Farm Life
- Life Lessons
03/04/2018
This October Make Time to Eat Together, Eat Better with Real Dairy

Recent studies link regular family meals (3 to 5 meals per week) with lower rates of risky behaviors, teen pregnancy and depression, as well as higher academic performance and higher self-esteem in children and young adults.
- Categories:
- Agriculture
- Blog
- Education
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Tags:
- Dairy
- Food
- Recipe
10/02/2018