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Wild Adventures Celebrates Local Agriculture with Two-Day Event

Dan Georgia, Industry News Release, Specialty Crops

Pecan Harvest Festival to Showcase “Georgia Grown” Products Tasty treats and classic cars will takeover Wild Adventures Theme Park this weekend (Sept. 15-16, 2018) as the park celebrates local agriculture during the first annual Pecan Harvest Festival. “To celebrate this year’s pecan harvest, we’ve partnered with the Georgia Pecan Growers Association to bring some delicious foods out, and to help …

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Pecan Pies at Risk Following Hurricane Irma

Dan Georgia, Industry News Release

Hurricane Irma’s destruction is putting the iconic Thanksgiving pecan pie at risk. The storm ripped through pecan orchards in Georgia, the number one grower of pecans in the nation, just weeks before harvest. The University of Georgia estimated that 30 percent of production may have been lost after high winds sent pods flying off branches and blew down trees. Bloomberg …