Eighteen family farms – including one each in Habersham and Jackson counties – were honored this week during the annual Georgia Centennial Farm Awards Ceremony in Perry.
Farm owners and their historic properties were recognized in an event at the 2024 Georgia National Fair. All farms earning recognition have continuously operated for 100 years or more. More than 630 farms have been recognized through the Georgia Centennial Farm Program since its inception in 1993.
Recognition is given to farm owners through one of three awards: the Centennial Heritage Farm Award which honors farms owned by members of the same family for 100 years or more and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Centennial Farm Award does not require continual family ownership, but farms must be at least 100 years old and listed in the National Register. The Centennial Family Farm Award recognizes farms owned by members of the same family for 100 years or more that are not listed in the National Register.
Below are the 2024 Centennial Farm award recipients.
2024 Centennial Heritage Farm Awards
- Rose Cottage Farm, Bartow County
- Valley View Farm, Bartow County
2024 Centennial Family Farm Awards
- Vaughn Farm, Dodge County
- F & M Farms, Franklin County
- Crow Hill Farm, Habersham County
- Rogers Family Farm, Heard County
- J & J Farms, Jackson County
- The Seaborn Thomas Bracewell Family Farm, Laurens County
- Carter Farms, Lowndes County
- Crosby-Hatcher Farms, Mitchell County
- Freeman Family Farm, LLC, Monroe County
- Morgan Tree, Morgan County
- Silas Osteen Family Farm, Pierce County
- Simon Smith Estate, Tattnall County
- Mountain Scene Farms, Towns County
- Turkey Creek Farm, Twiggs County
- Aylesbury Acres Inc, Washington County
- Fountain Family Farm, Wilkinson County