There’s a big day in September. It’s September the 13th. It’s better known as National Peanut Day. It honors the versatility and the rich heritage of peanuts, which are a beloved snack in America.
The National Peanut Day is a chance to work some peanuts into a healthy diet or used anyway as a tasty lunchbox snack or in a tangy stir-fry sauce. Peanuts make a great snack that can be taken anywhere, and with more protein than any other nut, they’re also nutritious. In fact, they’re so great that they are the top-rated snack in the U.S. Surprisingly, we did not find a congressional record that names the September 13th as that National Peanut Day.
In other news across the peanut belt, some festivals coming up. One will be in Brooklet, Georgia, coming up September the 19th. That will be the Peanut Festival for Brooklet, then coming up September the 26th, the 28th Plains Peanut Festival in Plains, Georgia, honoring the former president and former peanut farmer Jimmy Carter and Roseland.
It’s a great program, and you can come by and see all the new expansions in their museum in Plains. That’s coming up September 26th.
Audio Reporting by Tyron Spearman for Southeast AgNet.