Community Farmers Markets
The State of Georgia is blessed to have a large number of thriving community farmers markets. These markets are places where farmers can sell directly to their neighbors. They are often operated by...
Structural Pest Control
The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) regulates all companies and operators providing structural pest control services within the State of Georgia. We make sure that consumers get safe,...
Hemp Program
The Georgia Legislature recently passed SB 494, which Governor Kemp subsequently signed into law. This law introduces substantial changes to the hemp industry. The Georgia Department of Agriculture is...
Commissioner Tyler Harper
Tyler Harper is a 7th generation farmer, small business owner, former State Senator, and the 17th Agriculture Commissioner of the State of Georgia. Tyler lives in Ocilla and is a lifelong resident of...
Commissioner Thomas “Tommy” Irvin, 1969 - 2011
Thomas T. Irvin was born in Lula, Hall County on July 14, 1929. The Irvin family later moved to White County where they were sharecroppers. Irvin and his wife Bernice met while attending the...
Commissioner Phil Campbell, 1955 - 1969
James Philander "Phil" Campbell, Jr. was born April 9, 1917, in Athens, Clarke County. Campbell gained his passion for agriculture and farming from his father who was the first director of the Georgia...
Commissioner Columbus Roberts, 1937 - 1941
Born in 1870 as the first of fourteen children to George and Mary Alice Roberts, Columbus Roberts learned the value of hard work and the humility of poverty. By age ten he had come to the end of his...
Commissioner Tom Linder, 1935 - 1937, 1941 - 1955
Thomas Mercer Linder was born to Lewis B. and Nancy Jane Beall Linder, of Laurens County, on November 8, 1887. In 1909, Linder married the former Hazel Kirk Carter. They were residents of Hazlehurst,...
Commissioner G.C. Adams, 1933 - 1935
George Claud Adams was born in 1868 to William J. and Susan Frances (Hurst) Adams in Newton County. He was the 12th of 16 children and grew up working on the family's farm. Adams became Newton County...