Georgia Foundation for Agriculture, Georgia Farm Bureau & Georgia EMC donate ag books to local library
Published 3:56 pm Thursday, March 20, 2025
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¬¬¬¬¬¬Crisp County Farm Bureau Office Manager Macey Dennard, left, recently presented a copy of the children’s ag book “The Soil in Jackie’s Garden” to Adrain Slocum, middle, for the Cordele-Crisp Carnegie Public Library. The donation was made on behalf of the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture and Georgia EMC representative Chipper Jones, right. @GaFoundationAg @GeorgiaElectricMembershipCorp #CelebrateAgLiteracy
The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture, Georgia Farm Bureau and Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) are jointly promoting agricultural literacy by donating copies of the children’s book “The Soil in Jackie’s Garden” to nearly 400 libraries in the Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS).
The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture (GFA) and Georgia EMC have given each county Farm Bureau in Georgia enough books for every public library in the county. Crisp County Farm Bureau recently delivered a copy of the book to the Cordele-Crisp Carnegie Library.
“The Soil in Jackie’s Garden,” written by Peggy Thomas and illustrated by Neely Daggett, follows Jackie and her garden friends as they discover the wonders of gardening, soil secrets and the magic of composting. They embrace the joys of planting a garden, nurturing and harvesting their own food, and recycling scraps to compost, ensuring that the “magical cycle of growth and sustainability continues anew.” The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture selected the book as its 2025 Book of the Year for its accurate and positive portrayal of agriculture.
The GFA is thrilled to partner with Georgia EMC and Georgia Farm Bureau to donate the book. The GFA began donating accurate books about agriculture to each public library in Georgia in 2016. Georgia EMC joined the foundation as a sponsor of this endeavor in 2018.