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2026 Blessing of the Crops
Keynote speaker: ‘The work that you do matters. It is sacred labor’
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After gathering in a circle inside the open-air barn at Hunter Cattle in Stilson, folks shared their own prayer Tuesday morning for a bountiful harvest season during the annual Blessing of the Crops event. (JIM HEALY/staff)
A chilly Tuesday morning with a misting rain caused the annual Blessing of the Crops event to move from its usual outdoor spot at Hunter Cattle into the covered, open-air barn at the Stilson farm, but that didn’t lessen the crowd of about 200 from participating in a rite of coming spring in Bulloch County.