Butcher wins peanut award – Valdosta Daily Times

Butcher wins peanut award – Valdosta Daily Times

Published 1:35 pm Friday, October 23, 2026 Rusty Bowers, center, owner of Pine Street Market in Avondale Estates, received a $10,000 prize check from the Georgia Peanut Commission this week for his entry in the Georgia Peanut Product Innovation Award contest, sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission. Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler J. Harper, left, and Georgia Peanut Commission Chairman Donald Chase, right, presented the award at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie for Bowers’ “Georgia Peanut Potlikker Sausage,” which features local chicken, peanuts and collard greens. The sausage won the innovation prize for demonstrating both creativity and exceptional flavor.

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