Author Archives: Jenna Shea

FoodCorps: Georgia State Orientation

Meet Georgia’s 2015-2016 FoodCorps service members! FoodCorps is a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders focused on connected kids to real food and helping them grow up healthy. In Georgia, they work alongside the Captain Planet Foundation and Northeast Georgia Farm to School to provide nutrition education through hands-on garden and cooking lessons.   I haveContinue reading “FoodCorps: Georgia State Orientation”

Farm Visit: Mercier Orchards

On a crisp September day, we took a trip to Mercier Orchards in Blue Ridge, Georgia.  Mercier Orchards is home to about 100,000 apple trees over 200 acres. When the time is right, all of the apples are picked by hand. They are sorted into large crates with other apples of the same variety. TheyContinue reading “Farm Visit: Mercier Orchards”