baking and canning peach and peach products in preparation for visitors flocking for fresh fruit. Middle Georgia farms are at the center of it all, boasting some of the biggest orchards in the ...

It’s time for peach season in Georgia ... some of the freshest peaches can be found right here in Middle Georgia at local farms and storefronts. Here’s a list of farms within an hour and ...

“This is the first time ever we’ve lost the entire crop,” said Markley, the owner of CJ Orchards in Rutledge, Georgia, about an hour east of downtown Atlanta. Peach farmers across Middle ...

The expected bounty of peaches should also provide an economic jolt to rural Middle Georgia. Selena Hall, the tourism specialist at the Byron Welcome Center just off Interstate 75 in Peach County ...

This year’s peach crop is Georgia’s worst since the 1990s, peach growers say, with a projected loss of up to 95% of a normal year’s yield. “It’s been a devastating year for a peach ...

The 2023 Georgia peach harvest is looking bad, although the details are sketchy. By some accounts, it's the worst since 1955. Or maybe since 2017. There are estimates that a mild winter and late ...

Georgia is known as the "Peach State" for its normally abundant crops, producing more than 130 million pounds of the fruit every year. But this year, about 90% of the state's crop has been lost ...