Consumption of organic produce is growing at an unprecedented rate. Organic farmers largely use animal fertilizer for their fruit and vegetable crops. Vaccine research is part of this project. The peanut is a low cost, highly nutritious food worldwide. They contain nearly half of the 13 essential vitamins and 35 percent of the essential minerals.
Peanuts contain mostly unsaturated fat, which can reduce the risk of heart attack.
This new Kingston initiative is a result of many town meetings Kingston held throughout his district. It will help Georgia farmers who have suffered long, dry spells. The conservation of water is a critical concern for the future of all agriculture in Georgia. This is the first year of funding this project which is designed to improve the use of available water for agriculture. Most Georgia agriculture fields have highly variable soils with areas that are sandy and others that have soils with higher water holding capacities.