Eighteen farms, including Effingham County’s Triple J Farms, were honored Friday at the Georgia Centennial Farm Awards.
The event was held at the Georgia National Fair in Perry.
Farms hold a central role in the heritage of the state, having formed the economic, cultural, and family foundation for generations of Georgians. Since 1993, over 460 farms continuously operating for 100 years or more have been recognized by the Georgia Centennial Farm Program.
Recognition is given to farm owners through one of three distinguished awards. The Centennial Heritage Farm Award honors farms owned by members of the same family for 100 years or more that are also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Centennial Farm Award does not require continual family ownership, but farms must be at least 100 years old and listed in the NRHP. The Centennial Family Farm Award recognizes farms owned by members of the same family for 100 years or more that are not listed in the NRHP.
For 2014, the other farms receiving Georgia Centennial Family Farm Awards were:
• Dr. James Henry Carter Farm, Bacon County
• Cooper Family Farm, Burke County
• Zean William Kirkland Farm, Coffee County
• Titus Stephens Centennial Farm, Dougherty County
• County Line Farm, Greene and Taliaferro counties
• Sunrise Farm on the Soque, Habersham County
• The Wiley Farm, Hall County
• Moore Farm, Lowndes County
• Southern Pecan Orchards, Macon County
• Brady-Dillard Farm, Marion County
• Briarpatch Farm, Putnam County
• Opie Farm, Screven County
• Seckinger/Odom Farm, Tattnall County
• Wilson Farm, Taylor County
• Brookshire Farm, Union County
• Malcom Family Farm, Walton County
• W.W. Seaton Home Place Farm, Whitfield County
The Georgia Centennial Farm Program is a partnership between the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources; Georgia Farm Bureau Federation; Georgia Department of Agriculture; Georgia Forestry Commission; and Georgia National Fair and Agricenter; with support from Georgia EMC.
If you are interested in nominating a farm for recognition during the next application cycle, visit www.georgiacentennialfarms.org]www.georgiacentennialfarms.org to download an application or contact Charlie Miller, Centennial Farm Awards committee chair, at (404) 651-5287 or by email at charlie.miller@dnr.state.ga.us. The postmark deadline for applications is May 1 of each year.
