Price Family Farm in Franklin Co Named a Georgia Centennial Farm for 2023
The Price Family Farm in Franklin County has been named a Georgia Centennial Farm by Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper.
Owned by Brad & Sarah Yuilee and located on Wilson Road in Martin, the farm is one of 13 Georgia farms earning the Centennial Farm Award in 2023.
The Centennial Farm Program was created in 1993 to recognize historic Georgia farms that have been in continuous operation for over 100 years.
It’s a collaborative effort by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, the Georgia Forestry Commission, the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter, and Georgia EMC.
In announcing the awards, Commissioner Harper said Georgia’s generational family farms play an integral role in the success of the State’s agriculture industry.
To be named a Centennial Farm, it must have been continuously owned and operated by the same family for a minimum of 100 years or have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Additionally, each farm must be a working farm that has retained a minimum of ten acres of the original family purchase and must generate at least $1,000 annual income.
Under the Centennial Farm Program, recognition is awarded to farms in one of three categories:
The Centennial Heritage Farm Award is dedicated to farms owned by the same family for 100 years or more, and they must be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Centennial Farm Award does not require continuous family ownership. However, the farm must be at least 100 years old and listed in the National Register of Historic Places to qualify, and,
The Centennial Family Farm Award recognizes farms owned by the same family for 100 years.
Qualifying farms are recognized at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, where farm owners receive a Georgia Centennial Farm certificate of honor signed by the governor during the awards presentation.
2023 Centennial Farm Award Winners:
Price Family Farm in Franklin County – Brad & Sarah Yuilee
Boggy Branch Farms in Bulloch County – Lynne & Charles Lee
L & M Farms in Bulloch County – Randy & Patricia Morton
Teloga Springs Farm in Chattooga County – John Stubbs III
Stone Family Farm in Cook County – Freddie Stone
Ash Farms in Effingham County – Gerald Ash, Jr.
The Threatte Farm at Bunton Place in Evans County – Greg & Sharon Threatte
J.B. Gay & Son in Jenkins County – John Gay, Sr.
R.E. Roberts Farm in Jones County – Robert E. Roberts
Ganas Farm in Lanier County – Elizabeth McLaughlin
White Family Barn Farm in Lumpkin County – Johnny White
Rolling D Farms, LLC in Murray County – Randy Dunn, Sr.
Fulghum-Beusee Farms in Wilcox County – Edith Beusse