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The Return of the Alabama Peach Crop

Nothing completes a summertime fruit basket quite like a Sweet Grown Alabama peach. If you have ever traveled I-65 south to the beach, then you’ve seen the mark of the peach ...
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Celebrate Sweet Grown Alabama Day July 13

Sweet Grown Alabama Day means showing love to Alabama farmers, and we want to invite you to join us on Saturday, July 13 to celebrate all things local.
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Sweet Grown Alabama Summer U-Pick Flower Farms

There is just something special about picking your very own bouquet of fresh smelling flowers to set in the center of the kitchen table for all to see.
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Growing Garlic in Alabama: A Bounty of Flavor and Health

While Alabama is not normally known as an ideal area to grow garlic, it is home to Wicked Garlic, a small organic farm run by Sabrina and Adam Mauro.
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U-Pick Blueberries are a Berry Good Time

Whether eaten by themselves, in a pie, smoothie or salad, blueberries bring a certain freshness and joy to summer.
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Buckets of Blooms

“Pick the flowers!” It’s my mantra you might say. Nothing makes me happier than for someone to tag me on social media or see me in the grocery store and say, ...
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Get Local Meat in Your Freezer with a Sweet Grown Alabama Processing Facility

Raising your own steer or hog is one thing, but finding a reliable and clean place to get it processed is a challenge of its own.
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Guide to Thawing Local Meats

You’ve just purchased frozen meat from a local farmer and now it’s time to cook a delicious dinner.
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Bee Blessed

Honeybees are my passion and to teach as many as I can about the important role they play to us farmers as we produce some of the greatest agricultural products in the ...
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