An idea of Statesboro native Wendy Brannen's in her role with the U.S. Apple Association has children and adults from Savannah to Seattle posting pictures of their smiling selves with apples and apple products as schools and organizations compete for food industry-funded grants. It's not the first time that Brannen has scored national publicity for a food crop. In her previous job as the Vidalia Onion Committee's executive director, she got Shrek to serve as the poster ogre for Georgia's state vegetable.