Pippin Orchards awarded 250,000 grant from USDA

Pippin Orchards, in Dougherty County, was awarded a $250,000 Value-Added Producer Grant.

The grant was awarded by Secretary of Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small and Congressman Sanford D. Bishop.

The Pippin family is grateful for the grant and is excited for the future of their farm.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be announcing two more family-owned farms in Georgia for the Value-Added Producer Grant.