MOULTRIE — A new memento that visitors to the Sunbelt Ag Expo could take home this year came directly from the Darrell Williams Expo Research Farm.

Magnolia Loom, a product line of Chapman Trading Co., in Sandersville, Ga., offers t-shirts that were made with cotton grown in Georgia and the t-shirts sold at the Expo were specifically made from cotton grown on the Expo’s research farm.

“That is Moultrie, Ga., Expo cotton in those shirts,” said Emma Grace McConnell, a sales associate working at the booth in the Family Living building.

At Tuesday’s Southeastern Farmer of the Year luncheon, Chip Blalock, executive director of the Sunbelt Ag Expo, presented two of the shirts to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, for him and his wife.

“It’s an honor for me to present this 100% Georgia grown cotton t-shirt,” Blalock told Kemp.

Visitors to the Expo, who wanted a shirt, were able to choose their color and size and then choose from three designs to have screen-printed on the shirt while they waited. Each shirt came with a QR code that would tell the customer about the Expo Research Farm where the cotton was grown and how the shirt was made, said McConnell.

Proceeds from each of the shirts go to benefit projects of the Sunbelt Ag Expo.

“Our goal is to use local resources in an effort to promote agriculture and give back to the future of the industry,” said owner of the company Zeke Chapman in an interview for the Expo’s show program.