Peanut festival celebrates former president
The small southwestern Georgia town of Plains has two famous exports: peanuts and peanut farmer-turned-president Jimmy Carter. Both were feted Saturday with a parade and a celebration of the legume whose reputation struggled after a salmonella outbreak earlier this year. The outbreak, linked to a plant in nearby Blakely, forced state legislators to adopt new food safety regulations after it sickened hundreds and may have caused the deaths of as many as nine people. But the peanut is bouncing back, boosters say: Sales are up about 15 per cent last month after plunging 20 per cent in the wake of the salmonella scare....Source
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