Episode 706 - Summertime Treat addthis
Summertime Treat
You could easily call watermelons the “elephants of the fruit world.” They are popular around the globe. And for one farm family in Georgia getting them from field to market takes an army of workers who pick, pack and deliver with incredible precision.

Ricky Jackson delivers tens of thousands of watermelons to supermarkets all across the eastern half of the United States. He’s followed in his father’s footsteps and today, he’s overseeing the work done by his son, Jacob, who has his own ideas about improving the family’s agricultural output.

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Georgia Farm Bureau
Georgia Department of  Agriculture

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