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In response, city leaders decided to put on a festival to bring awareness to the greatness of peanuts. Georgia is, after all, one of the biggest peanut producers in the world.
This past weekend was the festival's fourth year. I believe it to have been the biggest and best yet.
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In fact, so many vendors applied to be a part of the festival, some had to be turned away. Next year organizers plan to let them overflow from the square onto Main Street.
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This was the most people I have ever seen in Blakely.
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Local businesses participate by decorating peanuts of their own. The firefighter and Flo-nuts were my favorites.
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Didn't you know? Peanuts grow on trees.
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There was a peanut planting station. I would have planted one if I didn't have to drive 45 minutes.
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Peanuts are a huge part of who we are down here. With that being said, it's impossible not to be Peanut Proud.