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Walker Farms is a third-generation family farm in Screven County, Georgia, with forty acres certified under the USDA National Organic Program.
Primary crops include Vidalia onions, grown from seedbeds cultivated at the farm, and onion seedlings sold to other organic growers in the Southeast for transplanting. Worth noting, Walker Farms is among the first to successfully grow an organic onion seedbed.
In addition to onions and seedlings, Walker Farms grows other organic crops, including:- Specialty produce for restaurants
- Vegetables and peanuts for local markets and distributors
- Rye seed (cover-crop) and soybeans (livestock feed and seed) for organic producers
- Seasonal produce occasionally made available through local stores, farmers market, or farm stand
A strong supporter of sustainable agriculture and the National Organic Program, Relinda Walker, when not overseeing the farm’s production and operation, spends much of her free time delivering talks on organic and sustainable farming.
In keeping with the farm’s mission, to be a good steward of the land, vegetables, grains and legumes are rotated in fields of ¼ acre to four acres, and summer and winter cover crops are used extensively. Developing and refining the process of organic farming ensures that Walker Farms continues its tradition of growing food to taste good… Naturally.
