Educational exhibits with a focus on peanuts will include a Peanut Pavilion, with exhibits from the American Peanut Shellers Association, The Peanut Institute, AgriRama, the Georgia Peanut Commission, the University of Georgia, Georgia Peanut Producers, American Peanut Council and The Peanut Foundation. Don't forget to check out the winning peanut recipes from the Recipe Contest sponsored by The Peanut Institute and Planters. Professional chefs will prepare the top five entries in each of the four categories. Taste some new ways to prepare heart healthy peanuts. The Peanut Institute exhibit will include research results on peanut nutrition and the peanut's help in weight control, indications that heart attack risk and cancer risk can be reduced with peanuts in the diet.
Tickets sell out early so call ahead.
You can visit the Park Service Historic site at the school and Jimmy Carter's Boyhood Home while in Plains. Don't forget the Plains Train Depot, campaign headquarters in the 1976 presidential election and a historical site. Stay over or return for the Sunday activities including the annual softball game. Former President Jimmy Carter pitches for the Secret Service against his old friends, the Plains High School alumni. Carter is a competitive softball pitcher and never likes to lose.