Our story

Four generations on this red dirt.

Some of my very earliest memories are of my great grandfather, Joseph “Shy” Powell, and farming. He began his farming career as a dairyman, milking his own cows and delivering fresh milk to local customers on a daily route. I grew up riding on the armrest of a tractor seat beside my dad as he worked these fields for my grandfather, M.M. “Papa” Shivers, and later I operated some of those very same tractors in these fields as I worked for my father, Steve.

A family of five standing on a red dirt road between two fields of tall corn.

What we grow now

Just food you can trust, straight from the source.

No preservatives, no middlemen, and no nonsense.

A small child in a ball cap standing in a field at sunset.

I am the fourth generation to work this south Georgia red dirt, but I am the first to grow many of the crops that I now grow here. The previous generations grew three or four different crops per year on a couple thousand acres. I now grow anywhere from 12 to 17 different crops per year on just a few hundred acres.

The farm has shifted away from traditional industrial agriculture and more into direct to end consumer products, with a focus on healthy, non-GMO, fresh foods. Three generations later, the farm has returned to its direct to end consumer roots.

See the field journal →
A green tractor digging peanuts, with fresh-dug vines lying in rows across the field.
Digging peanuts.

Why we make videos

A camera on the tractor.

The channel shows how the machinery runs, why we do things the way we do, and what happens when we try something new.

If you’re ever near Fort Gaines, stop by the store. If not, pull up a video.

Watch on YouTube ↗
Green Peanut Harvester

Green Peanut Harvester, from the channel.

Our corner of Georgia

Four generations, rooted in southwest Georgia.

Our family farm is tucked between Blakely and Fort Gaines, not far from Kolomoki Mounds State Park and the “big city” of Bluffton.

Shy Powell started as a dairyman with a daily milk route. Papa Shivers and Steve ran row crops on a couple thousand acres. Today it is a few hundred acres, a dozen or more crops a year, and a store on Bluffton Road.

The map shows the general area of the family farm.
The farm's southwest Georgia region A regional orientation map: Fort Gaines is northwest of the farm; Bluffton is east; Kolomoki Mounds and Blakely are south. FORT GAINES FAMILY FARM BLUFFTON KOLOMOKI MOUNDS BLAKELY THE GENERAL AREA OF THE FAMILY FARM · NOT TO SCALE