‘Sweet Grown Alabama’ Coming Soon

Dan July 1, 2019 Alabama, Fruits, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

A new program is coming to Alabama. Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Rick Pate told Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries is working on implementing “Sweet Grown Alabama.”

“Sweet Grown Alabama” Coming Soon

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Getting New Varieties to Growers
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