Georgia Sustainable Agriculture Consortium

SAVANNAH, Georgia – Farmers and farmer groups who face the challenge of direct marketing their products to local consumers may find a solution in food hubs, and a newly created sustainable agriculture consortium is leading the way in Georgia to bring those infrastructures to the state.

During the recent Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference...

Written by: Julia Gaskin
Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator, University of Georgia

As I have traveled around the state working with farmers over the past several years, I have heard several issues brought up time and again. One of these is how difficult it is for small and mid-size farms to get their crops to a market.

We hear about growing demand for local food and the numbers seem to support this. For example, the number of...

The Fulbright Scholar Program has announced the 2012-2013 grants competition for opportunities in agriculture. Application deadline is August 1, 2011 and is open to U.S. faculty and professionals.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries"...