Local Ag Awareness Events
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Approximately 750 students from Pre-K through fifth grade at Claxton Elementary School spent Wednesday, November 19, 2025, learning just how important agriculture is to their everyday lives during the school’s annual Elementary Ag Day. Students rotated through hands-on stations where they learned where their food, clothing, and many everyday products come from and how agriculture…
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The Candler County Extension Office is excited to host the 2025 Candler County Farm Tour on Friday, November 7, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Community members, educators, growers, agribusiness professionals, and anyone interested in learning more about agriculture in our area are invited to attend. Participants will meet in front of the Georgia…
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Students at Metter Elementary and Metter Middle School celebrated National Agriculture Week on Friday, March 24 at an Ag Day hosted by Candler County UGA Extension and MES and MMS Agriculture Teachers. Throughout the day, classes of students visited with exhibitors to learn more about agriculture in Georgia and locally in Candler County. 1,584 students…
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The Candler County Farm Tour took place last Wednesday November 2, 2022 in Metter, GA. The tour was put together by a collaboration of the the Candler County Extension Office, Candler County Farm Bureau, and the Metter-Candler Chamber of Commerce. There were approximately 50 participants in the farm tour this year that were comprised of…