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21st-century front porch storytelling

By Cowgirl Candace. Images by Vintrez Davis. Heather Wilson moves with grace like a woman who understands both the classroom and the field. Children gather around her in clusters at MLK Jr. Elementary’s annual spring STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and Agriculture Day in Albany, Georgia. Hands itching to touch everything from cowhand tack […]

April 2, 2026

Georgia educator flips STEM lessons into future farmers

By Cowgirl Candace. Images by Vintrez Davis. Every now and then, Cowgirl Candace meets a fellow farmer whose grit reminds me why the land is my ancestral mission. That modern farmer is Sedrick Rowe. Our agricultural alignment didn’t begin on a campaign trail. It started years ago in South Georgia fields where a first-generation producer decided to […]

March 13, 2026

Rowe by Rowe: Inside my walk with Georgia Ag Commissioner Candidate Sedrick Rowe

All stun at first sight. Yet, their beauty is merely peripheral to their caring hearts and sincere smiles. They dress their versions of Deep South dinner tables with forthright life stories. Side dishes of humbleness, patience, and grace are evident with every moment served. Their kindness is a special kind of sweet tea. When these […]

November 13, 2024

5 adventurers, artists, agriculturalists redesigning Georgia