The Colquitt County Farm Bureau, assisted by the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, recently donated a children’s book, ‘I Love Strawberries,’ to the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library. From left are Greta Collins, Colquitt County Farm Bureau; Erin Honeycutt, Moultrie-Colquitt County Library; and Sonya Aldridge, Colquitt EMC Public Relations.

MOULTRIE, Ga. — The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture and Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) are jointly promoting agricultural literacy by donating copies of the children’s book “I Love Strawberries” to nearly 400 libraries in the Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS).

The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture (GFA) and Georgia EMC have given each county Farm Bureau in Georgia enough books for every public library in the county. Colquitt County Farm Bureau recently delivered a copy of the book to the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library.

“I Love Strawberries,” written by Shannon Anderson and illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett, follows Jolie and her faithful rabbit, Munchy, as together they find out just how delicious, rewarding and complicated it can be to grow your own food. Through Jolie’s scrapbook-style journal entries, young readers learn how strawberries grow, what pests to look out for in a garden, why ladybugs are helpful, and much more. The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture selected the book as its 2023 Book of the Year for its accurate and positive portrayal of agriculture.

The GFA began donating books about agriculture to each public library in Georgia in 2016. Georgia EMC joined the foundation in this endeavor in 2018.