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A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block, acreage living, or rural residential) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held simply to bring homeowners closer to nature, to provide recreational land for horses, or as working farms for secondary income.
The current Georgia Farm Bureau was re-formed in 1937 by 50 north Georgia "dirt farmers" who wanted a unified voice in dealing with legislators in both Atlanta and Washington, D.C., That primary mission has not changed and today the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation continues to represent agriculture with a grassroots network of 159 county Farm ...
The Williams Family Farm, in Carroll County, Georgia near Villa Rica, Georgia, was built in 1891. It has also been known as the Goldworth Farm. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The listing included seven contributing buildings, six contributing structures, 11 contributing sites, and a contributing object. [1]
Muhammad Farms is an agricultural co-operative in Bronwood, Georgia, run by the Nation of Islam. [1] History
Smith Farm is a small plantation or farm house, built c. 1840 by Robert and Elizabeth Smith. It is Atlanta's oldest surviving farm house. It is a typical kind of plantation house owned by small farmers. The house was located in Dekalb County, Georgia on 800 acres (3.2 km 2). The last Smith to occupy the property was Tullie, the great-great ...
Hobby farms are commonly around 2 hectares (4.9 acres) but may be much larger depending on land prices. Other farms may primarily exist for research or education, such as an ant farm, and since farming is synonymous with mass production, the word "farm" may be used to describe wind power generation or puppy farm.
Changing its name from Koinonia Farm to Koinonia Partners, the community refocused itself as a social service organization. The organization initiated several programs in partnership with its neighbors, chief among them Koinonia Partnership Housing , which organized the construction of affordable houses for low-income neighboring families ...
Ashland Farm in Walker County, Georgia, near Rossville, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]The property has six contributing buildings.The main house, built in 1905, situated on a hill, is a two-story brick house designed by Atlanta architect W.T. Downing.