We’re heading into a Memorial Day weekend where the weather is looking stormy, and even if it wasn’t, most people probably wouldn’t be planning big cookouts anyway, given the coronavirus pandemic.
But some things haven’t changed, and for Georgia farmers, now is the time when sweet corn starts getting harvested.
“We weren’t sure given the situation if there would be demand for fresh produce,” Casey Cox, a farmer growing corn, peanuts, soybeans, and timber in Mitchell County, said. She sells her sweet corn to grocery stores around the country.
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