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MAY IS EGG MONTH Georgia Governors traditionally proclaim the month of May as Egg Month in Georgia to recognize the importance of the egg industry to our state! By doing so, Georgia joins with other egg promotional groups throughout the country in celebration of what has become a national observance! Georgia's egg industry is very important to the state's economy, accounting for cash receipts of $368 million. Some 9 million layers produce more than 2 billion eggs every year! The state's egg industry is represented in a program of promotion, education, and research by the Georgia Egg Commission. Funding for the Commission is derived from a producer-paid assessment, and no tax monies are received. For more information and free recipes write us at the Georgia Egg Commission, P.O. box 2929 Suwanne, GA 30024. Copies of recipes prepared in the 2011 competition are available through the following link: 2011 Winning Recipes 2012 Contest Rules SCHIMMEL NAMED TO BOARD GIJS SCHIMMEL has been named to serve as a director on the board of the Georgia Egg Commission. Schimmel fills the position of Vince Booker, who resigned due to health concerns. Schimmel grew up on a dairy and poultry farm in Holland, and after studying poultry science and graduating from Barneveld College in the Netherlands, spent several years as a Poultry husbandry advisor in several Middle Eastern countries. Gijs came to the United States in 1989, and in 1991, he and his wife Louise established Centurion Poultry, Inc. which has grown to be the second largest supplier of egg layer chicks in the U.S.		STRAUGHAN SERVES COMMISSION AS CHAIRMAN Jerry Straughan serves as the chairman of the Georgia Egg Commission's board of directors. Straughan is general manager of Cal-Maine Foods in Shady Dale, Georgia. Larry Thomason of Thomason’s Farm Fresh Eggs, serves as vice-chairman of the statewide producer-financed cooperative. Other board members are: Gijs Schimmel, Centurion Poultry; Dennis Hughes of United Egg Marketers; and KY Hendrix, Rose Acre Farms. Ex-officio members are Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black and Georgia Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall. Advisors are Dr. Mike Lacy and Dr. Bruce Webster of the University of Georgia’s Poultry Science Department. Visit the latest addition to our in-house Encyclopedia - All About EGGS From A To Z - called "FROM THE HEN HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE" for a chronological timeline of the process of getting fresh eggs from the hens to your plate. It's an educational journey. A certification logo now appears on the nation's egg cartons signifying to the consumer that the farm producing the eggs adheres to new United Egg Producer animal care guidelines. In order to participate in the program and to use the logo, producers must agree to follow standards that are based on recommendations from an independent scientific advisory committee to review the treatment of egg-producing hens. The guidelines place top priority on the comfort, health and safety of the chickens. About 300 companies in Georgia and throughout the nation, representing more than 200 million hens, have agreed to the guidelines as part of a comprehensive animal welfare program. Companies participating will be audited yearly through an independent certification program to ensure the new standards are being met. For more information go to: www.animalcarecertified.com

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Georgia Egg Commission
P.O. Box 2929
Suwanee, GA 30024
Telephone: 770-932-4622
Fax: 770-932-4625
E-mail: goodeggs@bellsouth.net