Georgia Ag Week 2026: Celebrating the Industry That Feeds, Fuels, and Sustains Us
Here in Augusta, we know agriculture is bigger than fields and farm gates. Agriculture shows up in neighborhood gardens, farmers markets, food access efforts, edible landscaping, youth education, local entrepreneurship, and the value-added products created by small producers across our region. It is present in the food on our tables, the fiber in our clothing, the fuel that powers industry, the flowers that mark our celebrations, and the forestry products that help build our homes and communities.
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Yes—And: Growing Food as Agency, Not Obligation
Policy takeaway: food access strategies are strongest when funding supports both immediate relief and community-scale food infrastructure, rather than forcing programs to compete with one another.
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They Didn’t Know They Could Grow Food: What I learned at cross creek High School
These were students enrolled in an agriculture class, and for many of them, the idea that food could come from their own hands—outside of a store, outside of a job, outside of a price tag—had simply never been introduced. That wasn’t a failure of curiosity. It was a failure of exposure.
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The Urban Agriculture Career Cluster: A Prospectus for Partnership and Community Impact
The Urban Agriculture Career Cluster is a forward-thinking initiative designed to unlock this potential. It is more than a curriculum about farming; it is a dynamic ecosystem designed to cultivate homegrown talent, launch green-collar careers, and build a more equitable, self-reliant urban future.
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We Analyzed a Blueprint for the Future of Urban Farming. Here Are 5 Takeaways That Will Change How You See Our Cities.
It leaves us with a critical question: What could our neighborhoods look and feel like if a generation was empowered with these skills to redesign their own local food systems from the soil up?
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Augusta Agribusiness x Cross Creek High School: Building the Next Generation of Agripreneurs
Recently, the Greater Augusta Black Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee, represented by Chimere J Brown and LaShawndra Robinson, had the honor of joining the CTAE (Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education) Advisory Council at Cross Creek High School.
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Growing Augusta Adapts Sunshine Farms’ Chick Hatching Project—Built for High School, Rooted in Basic Agriculture
Growing Augusta: Arts, Agriculture & Agency is launching AgLab: #ChickEdition, a high school adaptation of Sunshine Farms’ popular chick hatching project. While the original program was designed for elementary learners, the Cross Creek pilot retains the engaging embryology experience and explicitly embeds Georgia Basic Agriculture (02.47100) competencies - so teachers can deliver rigorous, standard-aligned instruction with clear student artifacts.
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