We pick this one up right where we left off — with the big sprint to the finish at SEPC Southern Exposure! Most people have never been to a produce trade show. Most people don’t even know they exist! But this is where people who grow food by the ton meet up with people who buy it by the ton. The...
We don't have much of a special effects budget on Where The Food Comes From and we blew it all on this one shot. But we had a deeper focus. Organizations like the Southeast Produce Council serve as networking and service connectors for farmers and other involved in keeping us fed. Here, podcaster...
Most people have never been to a produce trade show. Most people don’t even know they exist! But this is where people who grow food by the ton meet up with people who buy it by the ton. The Southeast Produce Council is a member networking and service organization focused on the Southeastern...
Spring and Summer time in Georgia! What can be more beautiful? In the yards you may spot Azaleas in a ton of brilliant colors or maybe Hyacinth, Tulips, Spanish Bluebell, Irises and Corn Flowers. Corn Flowers have an interesting history – called bachelor’s buttons because they last so long they...
Everybody loves Vidalia onions — so much so that the demand far outstrips supply. Vidalias can only be grown in about a 50 mile radius of Vidalia, a small town in Southeast Georgia. The harvest begins in April, and by early September the crop is gone. Until the 1980s, no one outside Vidalia had...
The only problem with Vidalia Onions — Georgia’s trademarked crop — is they’re only available from April ’til September. When they first came to national prominence in the 1980s, that wasn’t a problem. But people loved ’em so much they started asking for more and grocery stores wanted Vidalias...
You know Georgia is The Peach State — and there are plenty of those at Lane Southern Orchards, where they've been in business well over 100 years. But Lane was one of the first to recognize years ago that farmers needed to get creative in order to compete with growing cost challenges. Believing if...
HOW MANY DIFFERENT THINGS CAN YOU MAKE WITH PEACHES? LET’S FIND OUT! Where The Food Comes From visited Lane Southern Orchards, nestled in south Georgia in Fort Valley, at the peak of peach season in June. Established in 1908, Lane Southern Orchards has been growing peaches and pecans for over 100...
Peaches peaches peaches, far as the eye can see… except for the stately pecan trees planted alongside them in the fields at Lane Southern Orchards, a fixture just off I-75 in Ft. Valley, GA for over 100 years. But Lane doesn’t just grow great fruit and nuts — they were also originators in the...
Last week on WTFCF we visited L&M Farms in East Palatka, Fl. We met the Director of Food Recovery Feeding Florida Sherri Atwell. Sherri talked about how the “face of hunger” is changing and we learned that 3.1 million people in Florida alone cannot afford nutritious food. Feeding Florida was...
