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State, college leaders visit Kings Hawaiian
Dignitaries tour plant as part of area agricultural showcase
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Jemarcus Dorsey, a machine operator at King's Hawaiian, weighs dough off of the conveyer belt at the Flowery Branch location on Wednesday, September 2, 2015. More than half of King's Hawaiian employees are now in Georgia with the company's products reaching 38 million households in the United States. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Visiting leaders from the University of Georgia, the state legislature and the department of agriculture donned white smocks, hair nets and hardhats as they toured the inner workings King’s Hawaiian in Flowery Branch Wednesday afternoon. It was all part of a tour designed to showcase agriculture’s $72 billion impact on Georgia’s economy to key leaders throughout the state. Aimed at strengthening the relationship between UGA and the agriculture community, the stop at the Flowery Branch bread manufacturer was the second local visit of the day.