Georgia peach farmers are planting new, early-season peach varieties that require fewer chill hours to adapt to warmer winters. While promising, the transition to new varieties requires more work, ...

Peaches—one thing you won’t find in a true Georgian’s refrigerator. “It takes all the flavor out of them,” says Lawton Pearson, co-owner and fifth-generation farmer of Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, the ...

One would naturally assume that Georgia (nicknamed "The Peach State") would hold the torch for producing the most peaches in the United States. It's true that the Southern state grows exceptionally ...

Despite being the peach state, Georgia only has the third-highest production yield of the crop behind South Carolina and California. Philippe Imbault Vecteezy Rising winter temperatures threaten ...

Georgia peach growers are experimenting with higher refrigeration temperatures to improve the flavor of shipped peaches. Initial results of storing peaches at 55 degrees Fahrenheit are promising, with ...