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Foods of the Farm
Foods of the Farm owners Scott and Theresa Morrison cut a ribbon at their Midway business Tuesday with family, local residents and chamber staffers and members. - photo by Photo provided.

Foods of the Farm held a ribbon cutting and grand opening in conjunction with the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at 11239 Oglethorpe Highway. in Midway. Owners Scott and Theresa Morrison welcomed family, local residents and chamber staffers and members to the event.
Chamber Vice Chairman Daniel Clark welcomed the Morrisons, and chamber membership director Brandy Simon touted the benefits of operations like Foods of the Farm.
“Small businesses like this make up the fabric of the community and give Liberty County a unique flavor,” Simon said.
Foods of the Farm sells products made from vegetables, fruits and animals that are grown and raised on the Morrisons’ parents’ 318-acre farm or neighboring farms in Jesup and Midway. Lunch is served three days a week, and the store sells homemade pickles, jams, breads and ready-made meals.
“We are a true farm-to-table concept business,” Theresa Morrison said. “I am very concerned with healthy eating, and I don’t want the preservatives and additives you find in processed foods.”
Morrison, who grew up on a small farm in Louisiana, explained that the animals the family raises for Foods of the Farm are free-range. They’re not fed animal by-products or given antibiotics.
Foods of the Farm officially opened in August and is the only farm-to-table business in Liberty County. Morrison said she enjoys her work and believes it has had a positive impact on her family.
“I homeschool my children, and this gives them the opportunity to learn the value of where their food came from,” she said.
Foods of the Farm serves lunch from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Retail-store hours are 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays.
For more information, call Foods of the Farm at 884-3233, go to www.foodsofthefarm.com or find it on Facebook.

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GPA grows trade, market share
Intermodal volume up 20 percent
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Rubber tired gantry cranes handle cargo at the Chatham Intermodal Container Transfer Facility at the Port of Savannah. The Georgia Ports Authority's Mason Mega Rail project will double rail lift capacity to 1 million containers per year by 2020 - photo by Provided

The Georgia Ports Authority achieved 14 percent growth in March container volumes, moving 355,208 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers.

From July 2017 to March, TEU container trade grew by 9 percent, or 255,786 additional units for a total of 3.08 million, a new record for Savannah.

"Savannah's continued strength is a reflection of our customers' commitment, Georgia's leadership, and the many dedicated service providers, GPA employees and ILA members who come together every day to achieve great things," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "March marked our 17th consecutive month of business expansion thanks, in part, to a strong economy and growing market share."

Intermodal rail volumes jumped by 20 percent in March and 15.4 percent for the fiscal year to date, for a total of 318,454 containers handled over nine months – another record for the GPA.

"As the numbers show, our rail cargo is growing at a faster pace than our overall trade," GPA Chairman Jimmy Allgood said. "This is important because rail is playing a key role in our responsible growth strategy. We anticipate our rail infrastructure investments to take 250,000 trucks off the road each year by 2020."

The GPA recently broke ground on its Mason Mega Rail Terminal, on which the Port of Savannah will build 10,000-foot unit trains within its own footprint. From the expanded rail infrastructure at Garden City Terminal, Class I rail providers CSX and Norfolk Southern will provide direct rail service to major Southeast and Midwestern markets from Memphis to St. Louis, Chicago to Cincinnati.

An added benefit is that the Mason Mega Rail project will move all rail switching on terminal – improving vehicle traffic flow around the port.

In August, the GPA will open its Appalachian Regional Port in Murray County. Located in an industrial belt, including the production and export of carpet and flooring, automobiles and tires, the ARP will provide an alternative to all-truck transit to Northwest Georgia.

Each round-trip container moved via the Appalachian Regional Port will offset 710 truck miles on Georgia highways.

March was also a strong month for roll-on/roll-off auto and machinery units at the Port of Brunswick and Ocean Terminal in Savannah. Colonel's Island Terminal in Brunswick handled 66,144 cars, trucks and tractors, while Ocean Terminal added 4,050, for a total 70,194, a 17.2 percent increase.

"The global economy is thriving and our volumes are following suit," Lynch said. "As existing accounts grow their footprint in the expanding auto facility in Brunswick, Georgia's competitive logistical advantages are drawing additional business across all of our docks."

Lynch noted that for the fiscal year to date, Mayor's Point breakbulk terminal in Brunswick grew by 44 percent (34,515 tons) to reach 112,728 tons of forest products. At East River Terminal, bulk cargo expanded by 34 percent July-March (189,918 tons) for a total of 750,384 tons.

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