Over a dozen growers from across Georgia and the greater Southeast came together at the 21st annual Georgia Organics Conference to attend the Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training. This training satisfied part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety (§ 112.22(c)) compliance requirements. Grower training participants took an in-depth look at food safety on […]
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The ultimate local food is food you grow yourself! This class will outline seven steps to create your own organic vegetable garden. We will cover when to plant and what varieties, how to control bugs and diseases organically and much more. The evening will start with networking over beer and local farm tastes provided by […]
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Food Safety Success! Tips and tools to use GAPs and FSMA for growing safe food, strengthening your farm, and entering new markets. Ready to have food safety be a key to success? The GA Small Farm Food Safety Campaign, supported by USDA-NIFA, is offering free workshops around the state to give produce farmers the opportunity […]
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Hi, all! It’s good to be back in the office! I had a powerful experience in D.C. at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) annual meeting. NSAC is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocate for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. It was particularly great […]
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Georgia Organics stormed Capitol Hill on Nov. 28 – 29 to stress the vital importance of organic agriculture within the Farm Bill with Georgia’s Congressional representatives. Organic agriculture can revitalize Georgia’s declining rural economies; Georgia should be producing its own organic food and not importing it from California or anyplace else; and growing Georgia’s organic […]
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By Chris Edwards, Mayflor Farms This blog post was made possible through a grant provided to Global Growers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. While the water rules surrounding the FSMA Produce Safety Rule continue to swirl and change as the FDA attempts to make them less murky, […]
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Chelsea Losh-Jones, Babe + Sage Farm This blog post was made possible through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. In a previous blog post, I wrote about the basics of how the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will affect small farms. In this edition, […]
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By: Chelsea Losh-Jones, Babe + Sage Farm This blog post was made possible through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA) regulates the way foods are grown, harvested and processed. FSMA requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
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Donn Cooper of Cooper Ag Services offers free consulting during the 2017 Fencepost Sessions to Matthew Raiford of Gilliard Farm in Brunswick. Most folks know about the great classroom-style educational opportunities that Georgia Organics puts on during our annual conferences. Now, you can get one-on-one coaching from experts on grants, ag law, production, and […]
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Julia Asherman, of Rag and Frass Farm located in Jeffersonville, has been a strong advocate for Middle Georgia’s sustainable agriculture community for years. She’s bringing her passion and penchant for out-of-the-box thinking to two Education Sessions at the Georgia Organics 20th Anniversary Conference on Feb. 18. Both sessions, Holistic Crop Rotation and Farm Generated […]
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