As a result, more than 90 percent of Georgia’s peach crop was wiped out. It’s one of the worst peach harvests the state has seen in the past two decades.

GEORGIA -- Midsummer is the peak of juicy peach season in the state of Georgia. But, recently, the Peach Cobbler Factory in Atlanta ran out of peaches and was forced to pivot to… apple cobbler.

For the past decade, unpredictable winters have wreaked havoc on Georgia’s peaches. But farmers are adapting, with new methods and peach varieties that rely on timing.

For the past decade, unpredictable winters have wreaked havoc on Georgia’s peaches. But farmers are adapting, with new methods and peach varieties that rely on timing.

Although Georgia’s most famous fruit takes center stage during the summer, farms put months of labor into growing, packing, baking and canning peach and peach products in preparation for ...

Egged on by Georgia’s warmest winter on record to start 2023, most peach trees in the state had full blooms or even small fruit out by mid-March, when back-to-back freeze events struck.