The Bulloch County Agricultural Complex hosted the third Annual Ag-Grow Expo on March 1 and 2, 2024, with local farmers, community members and equipment vendors coming together to support agricultural education.
920 Cattle Company and Hunter Cattle Company exhibited their sheep and cattle at the 2024 Ag-Grow Expo.
The Bees’ Knees is a “backyard beehive service” based in Brooklet, Georgia, run by Ed DiNello and another partner who attend local festivals, expos and fundraisers.
Cowart's Farm Fresh set up their mobile store on Friday and Saturday at the expo, with dozens of varieties of jams, jellies, salsas, cider, and chocolate pecan caramel clusters.
Cowart's Farm Fresh offers classic blackberry, strawberry, and orange jams and marmalades, but also more curiously named flavors like Gator Jam, Traffic Jam, and even TOE Jam.
“They won’t let me dig in here,” said Tyler Evans while demonstrating his equipment operation for a young attendee.
Representatives for Yancey Bros. Co. Tyler Evans and Connor Moss displayed the agricultural equipment their company rents, sells and repairs.
Miss Teen Georgia International 2024 Lily Grace Freeman and her mother Kim Freeman are spreading the message of nutritional education, with the mission of helping kids learn that their food comes from farms, not the grocery store. Freeman will compete at the Miss Teen International competition in August of this year.
Bulloch County Animal Services set up a booth at the expo to show off the pictures of more than a dozen adoptable cats and dogs that are looking for their forever homes. Haley Scarboro and Alexus Bazemore say that the facility has just been updated with murals and renovations in the adoption/playroom.
The Good Times Line Dancing Crew put on an entertaining show for the attendees of the expo, with kicks, turns and stomps to songs like “P.Y.T” and “All About That Bass.”
The Bulloch County Fire Department handed out hats and souvenirs and let kids climb into the fire trucks for pictures.
