Tag: Global Growers
A farmer fled violence in Myanmar to start over in Atlanta. After a destructive flood, he’s starting over again.
Ceu had farmed rice and corn in the Chin state of Myanmar since he was 14. As violence escalated, Ceu fled when he was 36, seeking refuge with his wife and four children in Atlanta. The following year, he discovered Global Growers.
Pine Street Market and Riverview Farms are opening Atlanta’s first farmer-owned butcher shop
Rusty Bowers wants to help showcase local farmers on a larger platform. “Now that we both have wonderful infrastructure in place, the next step was opening a high-end store that people can come to from all over Atlanta,” he says. “We want it to be a little culinary, meat driven mecca.”