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Ag Speakers and Tours

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Agrirama
Description:
Georgia's Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village

Contact Information:
(229)386-3406
(800)767-1857
market@agrirama.com
www.agrirama.com


Big Sandy Creek Dairy Farm
Description:
Milking demonstration, storytime, petting zoo, hayride, dairy snacks
Small fee

Contact Information:
Julie Benkoski
(706)342-2727
benkoski@msn.com
www.bigsandycreek.com


Cagle's Dairy Farm
Description:
Farm, garden, maize, and fall harvest tours
Wagon hayrides, barn tour, close up view of animals
Small fee

Contact Information:
Scott Cagle
362 Stringer Road
Canton, GA 30115
(770)345-5591
www.caglesdairy.com


C.A.S.E. Farm Project
Center of Agricultural Study and Excellence
Description:
Located at Irwin County High School
Shows the advanced era of agriculture
Working farm operations, tours and demonstrations

Contact Information:
Betty Sue Stripling
(229)468-7485
bstripling@irwin.k12.ga.us
www.irwin.k12.ga.us/case/index.htm


Chestatee Wildlife Preserve
Description:
Rescue, exotic animal, and wildlife preserve
Custom designed tours
Small fee

Contact Information:
(706)864-9411
www.chestateewildlifepreserve.org


Colonel Cob's Corn Maze
Description:
Corn maze, play yard, hayrides, and a lunch area
Small fee

Contact Information:
Sandi Mitcham
(770)788-0166 or (770)856-5578
info@colcobscornmaze.com
www.colcobscornmaze.com


Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center
Description:
Visit their Succession Ecology Demonstration Forest (Fall 2006)
Demonstrations of fruits, vegetables, and other crops as well as ornamentals and beef-cattle winter feeding trials


Contact Information:
Joe Garner
Unversity of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
(706)745-2655
www.caes.uga.edu


Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Description:
Tours of Plains High School Museum, Plains Depot-1976 Carter Presidential
Campaign Headquarters Museum, and Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm Museum
No fee

Contact Information:
(229)824-4104
www.nps.gov/jica/index.htm


Lane Packing Company
Description:
Orchard tours, peach packing line tours, strawberry field trips, roadside market
Gift Shop and cafe
Small fee

Contact Information:
Betty Hotchkiss
P.O. Box 716
Fort Valley, GA 31030
(478)825-3362
tours@lanepacking.com
www.lanepacking.com


Second Time Around Mini Farm
Description:
Features over 30 acres of pastures, ponds and gardens, dotted with championship llamas, Baby Doll sheep, goats, pot-bellied pigs, donkeys, a miniature horse, and much more.

Contact Information:
Vicky Lyn Moses
Washington, GA
(706)678-4902
info@secondtimearoundminifarm.com
http://www.secondtimearoundminifarm.com


Speedling, Inc.
Description:
Pansy production, vegetative cuttings, and other ornamentals
See the entire process, from germination to shipping


Contact Information:
Sarah Lehning
Blairsville, GA
(800)785-1077
slehning@alltel.net
http://www.speedling.com/about/locations/ga_blairsville.php


Tifton Campus University of Georgia
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
Description:
Math, English, and Science enrichment
Natural Environment and Research exposure
Field Study Tours and Internships for Teachers and Students

Contact Information:
Susan Reinhardt
(229)386-3050
sreinhardt@tifton.uga.edu
www.ugastars.org


Thompson's Tree Farm
Description:
Hayrides, shearing demonstrations, planting a tree, petting zoo
Small fee

Contact Information:
Tommy and Denise Thompson
1829 Prospect Road
Lawrenceville, GA
(770)513-2552



If you would like to be added to Ag Tours & Speakers
contact list, please let us know.
You can visit our website (http://aged.ces.uga.edu)
or reach us by phone at (706)542-9043
or by email at flanders@uga.edu.