Georgia’s farmers provide consumers with a long list of healthy and tasty fresh fruits and vegetables. The state is, of course, famous for its peaches, peanuts and Vidalia sweet onions, but its climate is ideal for growing just about any crop, and Georgia’s growers provide excellent blueberries, greens, potatoes, mushrooms, peppers and tomatoes.

J.J. Jardina Inc. is among the top distributors of locally-grown apples, cantaloupes, peaches, citrus and strawberries in the southeast.  The company was founded in 1925 and operates in Forest Park, GA out of a 30,000-square-foot warehouse on the Atlanta Market.

Nickey Gregory Co., operating in the Atlanta State Farmer’s Market, continues to invest in its own fresh-cut and processing division, Family Fresh Foods, knowing its customers are looking for more safe, ready-to-eat produce.

Atlanta is a big city, but it’s also a proud local community. One way many Atlantans express their pride in their city is through their devotion to supporting the local food movement.

That is done, in part, through the city’s residents buying produce at the plethora of farmers markets that are located throughout the bustling and exciting city. These markets bring fresh produce and other local goods to the people of Atlanta, who want to eat delicious and healthy foods.

Produce is a big deal in Georgia — its nickname, after all, is the Peach State. Georgia is famous for those peaches, of course, as well as sweet Vidalia onions, but according to the Georgia Farm Bureau’s it’s also the top state in the production of peanuts, pecans, and blueberries, and is near the top in water-melons, cucumbers, sweet corn, Bell peppers, tomatoes, cantaloupes and cabbage.

Jimmy Myrick, vice president of Pompano Beach, FL-based Edward L. Myrick Produce, is happy to report that business this past year started to get back to normal as the country slowly reopened.