• Never refrigerate peaches until they're ripe. Instead, store them on the counter, stem end down, until they give slightly to gentle pressure. • Once they're ripe, refrigerate two to three days. • To ...

Central Georgia peach growers face challenges from storms and heat but harvest continues at Dickey Farms with three to four ...

However, according to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, California actually reigns supreme. South Carolina, Georgia and New Jersey round out the top four in peach production, based on ...

For Okie, who grew up in Georgia and whose father worked as a peach breeder for the USDA, the looming loss of the state’s symbolic fruit evokes a sort of weariness.

Aunt Evelyn's Peach Cobbler, in Atlanta, Georgia, has had to turn to out-of-state peaches. Liella Foods, LLC Yes, Georgia peach prices have zoomed, he said, to about $40 for a box wholesale, from ...

A warm winter and changing weather patterns have caused Georgia's peach crop to suffer a massive loss, with approximately 90% of the state's harvest impacted.

Fifth-generation peach farmer Lawton Pearson checks peaches at Pearson Farm, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Fort Valley. After Georgia peach growers lost nearly their entire crop in 2023, favorable ...

Aunt Evelyn's Peach Cobbler, in Atlanta, Georgia, has had to turn to out-of-state peaches. Liella Foods, LLC Yes, Georgia peach prices have zoomed, he said, to about $40 for a box wholesale, from ...