FORK IN THE ROAD WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY.

FROM PRODUCE TO PEOPLE, THE BEST THINGS ARE GROWN AND RAISED IN GEORGIA.

EVEN IN TOUGH TIMES WE COME TOGETHER WORK HARD AND GROW STRONG.

WHEN YOU PURCHASE GEORGIA GROWN PRODUCTS, YOU SUPPORT FARMERS FAMILIES AND THIS PROUD STATE WE CALL HOME TOGETHER.

WE WILL KEEP GEORGIA GROWING.

TO PERFECT.

THE PICTURE WAS ON THE WALL FROM AFAR.

THE FASCINATING AND EVER-CHANGING WORLD OF AGRICULTURE.

LET'S HIT THE ROAD HERE IN GEORGIA, AND MEET THE FARMERS, PRODUCERS MAKERS AND BAKERS, WHO KEEP US ALL FED AND KEEP US COMING BACK FOR MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD.

AT THE FORK IN THE ROAD.

GEORGIA FARMERS ARTISANS MERCHANTS AND PRODUCERS WE DEPEND ON THESE MEN AND WOMEN EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES THROUGH THE CHOICES WE MAKE IN THE FOOD, WE CONSUME THEIR STRATEGY AND APPROACH IS ALWAYS SHIFTING BUT THE END GAME REMAINS THE SAME RESULTS.

THERE ARE A FEW TREES THAT PERSONIFIED GEORGIA, AND THE SOUTH, AND WHEN DRIVING OUR INTERSTATES AND BACK ROADS, THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT SEEM TO STAND OUT AND FOR GOOD REASON.

THEY ARE PLENTIFUL, BEHOLD, THE GEORGIA, PECAN TREE, AND THE GEORGIA PINE OFTEN FOUND IN SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTS, BUT THEY ARE GROWN FOR COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

ONE FOR CONSUMPTION AND THE OTHER FOR PRODUCT, MANY PRODUCTS, IN FACT, T', WE BEGIN THIS EPISODE ALL AROUND VALDOSTA AND THE FOREST SURROUNDING THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP TO MEET SOME FOLKS WHO KEEP THE SOUTH TIMBER INDUSTRY MOVING SHAKING AND GROWING.

SOUTH GEORGIA, SOIL IS RICH AND ALONG WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND USUALLY, PLENTY OF RAIN.

IT'S THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR GROWING AND BECAUSE OF THAT, COMBINATION, THE ROADS DOWN HERE ARE LINED WITH RANCHES FARMS AND AN ABUNDANCE OF PINE FORESTS.

SINCE 1894 THE LANGDALE FAMILY NAME, HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH FORESTRY, THE MANTLE OF LEADERSHIP PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS AND AS THE COMPANY HAS EXPANDED, ENDED AND EVOLVED THE FAMILY NAME REMAINS THE SAME.

THE LINE DO COMPANY WAS STARTED IN 1894 BY MY GREAT.

GREAT GRANDFATHER.

JOHN WESLEY LANE DALE WAS FOUNDED JUST BELOW THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP AND COUNCIL.

GEORGIA STARTED IN THE TURPENTINE BUSINESS SAWMILLING IN THE WOODS AND MADE OUR WAY TO VALDOSTA AND 1946 SET UP OPERATIONS ON THIS YARD.

SOUTH GEORGIA HAS A LOT OF LANDSCAPE THAT'S WELL SUITED FOR GROWING A PINE TREE AND SO MY FAMILY LEVERAGE THE NEEDED BY AN ON SOME LAND AND USE OUR LAMBASTE TO GROW THE PRODUCTS FROM WITHIN, WHEN I STARTED IN THE BUSINESS 30 YEARS AGO, IT WAS A PRETTY MANUAL PROCESS.

EVERY FACET OF WHAT WE DO TODAY IS HIGHLY MECHANICAL LIVES AND PEOPLE THAT GET TO COME VISIT, THE MILL, THEY KIND OF THINK WE DO IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY AND THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH COMPUTER OPTIMIZATION THERE IS.

HOW MUCH BETTER WE MANAGE THE RESOURCE?

HOW MUCH BETTER WE GROW THE RESOURCE.

HOW MUCH BETTER?

WE SITE PREP THE LAND FOR THE RESOURCE AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT WOOD AS WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT OUR FORESTS MANAGING OUR FORESTS.

FOREST.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE MOST WIDELY USED PRODUCT IN THE HOUSING MARKET, AND HAS BEEN FOR MY LIFE BEFORE WE EXPLORE THE IMPRESSIVE PLANTS AND TECHNOLOGY WONDERS OF TO LANGDALE PLANTS, WE JOURNEY TO THE SOURCE AND THE FORESTS OF SOUTH GEORGIA.

HAL ROACH OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE LAND OF COTTON.

I HELP LOOK AFTER THE LOGGING SITE PREP TREE PLANTING ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

AND IT'S WILDFIRE.

SUPPRESSION BURNING COAL.

BURNING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON ON THE GROUND.

WE LOOK AFTER.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THESE TREES?

YOU DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD.

I SEE TREES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE READY.

WELL, THE MONEY THING IS GROWTH AND BIGGER.

PINE TREE, TYPICALLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25.

AND 30 YEARS OLD, IT'S GOING TO REACH ITS PEAK AND SIZE THE CROWN.

THE VEGETATION IN THE TOP OF THE TREE, THE CROWN OF THE TREE WILL START DECREASING, WHICH MEANS IT'S HAVING A LACK OF VIGOR AND IT WON'T BE GROWING AS MUCH.

I WON'T BE PRODUCING AS MUCH FIBER.

SO WHEN IT GETS LIKE THAT, WHETHER IT'S 25 OR 30 WILL TAKE IT OUT AND THEN START OVER WINE, IS SOMETHING YOU GOT TO PLAN FOR IN ADVANCE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE MONEY FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TREES THAT ARE 25 30 YEARS.

THIS LONG WAS A GENERATIONAL BUSINESS, IT IS, AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS TWENTY NINE YEARS AND I'M SEEING WHAT I PLANTED 49 YEARS AGO, BEING CLEAR-CUT AND STARTED OVER AGAIN.

I PROBABLY WON'T SEE ANOTHER ROTATION ON, BUT WE'LL GET IT READY FOR THE NEXT PEOPLE.

THIS WOULD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POPE WOULD AND CHIP AND SAW THE CHIP INSTALLED YOU'RE MAKING TO BEFORE SUPER SIX AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THE PUT WOODS GOING TO OUR LOCAL PULP MILLS.

SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO GEORGIA, BIOMASS OVER IN WAYCROSS FOR FUEL WOOD.

AND THEN A GOOD PORTION OF THE TREE LENGTH AND ALL WILL BE GOING BACK TO OUR OSB MILL AND BROOKS COUNTY.

SO IT'S B IS A DIMENSIONAL BOARD, LIKE A FOR BAIT, LIKE A SHEET OF PLYWOOD, BUT IT'S ORIENTED STRAND BOARD.

SO IT'S CHIP TYPES OF WOOD THAT ARE LAID OUT AND CROSSING EACH OTHER.

THE GRAIN TO MAKE IT STRONG AND THEN PRESSED AND GLUED TOGETHER.

BASICALLY IT'S TAKING OVER A LOT OF THE PLYWOOD WHERE PLYWOOD USED TO BE USED ON THE ROOFTOPS AND WALL.

MOSTLY WHAT YOU SEE NOW IS OBVIOUSLY PRETTY FASCINATING WATCHING THESE GUYS WORK, I'M SEEING TREES FALLING DOWN BEHIND YOU AND THE GUYS, GRABBING THREE OR FOUR AT A TIME.

YOU GOT TO BE A PRETTY SKILLED WORKER TO DO ALL THIS.

YES THEY ARE.

I MEAN THESE GUYS ARE REALLY THEY'RE TOP-NOTCH AND WHAT YOU GOT TO REALIZE IS THAT GREG ONE LOGGER OUT OF RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE HAVE 13 LOGGERS ON CUTTING THE LAND AND THEY'LL HAUL ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 100 LOADS EACH WEEK INTO OUR MEALS.

SO IT'S A LOT OF WOOD, A LOT OF LOGISTICS TO GET IT THERE.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR MYSELF SINCE 96 AND ALL THAT.

MY DADDY WAS IN THE LOGGING.

SO I'VE BEEN DOING IT ALL MY LIFE.

THE SOUTH VILLAGE AREA.

THIS REGION IS MORE LOGGER FRIENDLY.

AS FAR AS THE DIRT, THE CONDITIONS YEAR-ROUND WE MAY HAVE SOME SAND AND MUD BUT WE CAN WE CAN PRETTY MUCH PRODUCE YEAR ROUND SO AS TREES ARE CLEARED NEW FORESTS ARE PLANTED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION TO FOLLOW SUIT.

IN FACT OVER 10,000 TREES WERE PLANTED AND 2022.

LET'S NOW FOLLOW THESE TREES TO TO LANGDALE PLANTS WHERE THE PINE IS REPURPOSED INTO TWO DIFFERENT TYPES.

OF LANGDALE PRODUCTS, DIMENSIONAL LUMBER AND ORIENTED STRAND BOARD.

WE BEGIN WITH THE JOURNEY THROUGH DIMENSIONALS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR, THOMAS TRIP.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING PROCESS IN THE SAWMILL.

WE HAVE TWO LINES, WE HAVE A 300 SIDE, DEBARKER AND WE HAVE A 500 DEBARKER.

SO BOTH OF THESE ARE BEING LOADED ONE AT A TIME SINGULATED AND RAN THROUGH A DEBARKER, STRIPPING THE BARK DOWN AND CONTINUING DOWN THE LINE.

THAT'S WHAT GOING DOWN AFTER THE BARK IS PEELED FROM THE LOGS, IT IS SCANNED.

AND AT THIS POINT AFTER THE SCANNER SCAN IT, IT WILL RELAY IT TO THE SOLVE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE LOG NEEDS TO BE CUT.

SEE IF THERE'S A CURVE OR A SWEEPING THE LOG, IT'LL CUT IT TO EIGHT FOOT ALL THE WAY UP TO 20 FOOT AND 2-FOOT INTERVALS.

WE HAVE HERE IS OUR 500 DEBARKING, LINE, AND OUR 300.

AFTER THE LOGS GET PEELED, IT GOES THROUGH A SCANNER.

AND AFTER THAT SCANNER, IT, RELAYS THE INPUT TO THESE SAWS AND THE COMPUTERS.

AND AT THAT POINT, IT DETERMINES WHERE THE LOG SHOULD BE CUT BASED ON ITS DIAMETER AND ITS DIMENSIONS AND ITS SHAPE.

THIS IS THE START OF OUR QUAD BAND MILL AND CANNING SYSTEM.

AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, IT GOES THROUGH, A METAL DETECTOR BEFORE IT GOES TO OUR SAWS.

IF IT DETECTS METAL, IT'LL KICK IT OFF IN A JACK DECK WILL RIGHTFULLY REMOVE THE METAL FROM THE LOG AND RE-ENTER THAT LOG BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.

ONCE IT'S REMOVED, EACH LOG HAS A LITTLE BEND OR A SWEET TO IT.

AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE AS ITS ENTERING THIS SYSTEM HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY ROTATING THAT LOG TO WEAR ITS HORNS UP OR HORNS DOWN.

YOU DON'T WANT THE CURVE OR SWEET, THE FACE EAST OR WEST BECAUSE WHEN IT GOES TO THAT COUNTER YOU WANT IT TO HAVE A CLEAN STRAIGHT CUT ON EACH SIDE.

THE BAND CALLED ATTACK.

WHAT DO YOU GET THROUGH PARALLEL FOR DROP EACH SIDE OF THAT WALL THERE FOR THE BOARD TO CUT OFF THE SIDE, IT'LL GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE WHERE IT'S CLEANED UP ON BOTH SIDES.

ONCE THE LAWS, LEAVE THE CLUB AND MILL.

THIS, WE'RE CENTERING OFF.

PROFILER AND CHAINSAW SYSTEM.

THIS IS WHERE THE LUMBERS MADE.

THE GANG HAS 24 SAUCE ON THE BOTTOM AND 24 CALLS ON THE TOP.

AND IF YOU WATCH AS THIS IN TAKING THE LOG AND LIKELY FOLLOW THE CONTOUR OF THAT LOG, HE'S TRYING TO CUT A CURVE BLOG, STRAIGHT COMING IN WHEN IT COMES OUT OF SOME, OF THE CURVE.

BY THE WAY, FOLLOWING THE CONTOUR OF THE LAW, GET HER CLOSET BEER STRAIGHTFORWARD.

AND WHEN IT COMES OUT, THE BOLTS THAT LANGDALE ARE INCREDIBLY CONSCIOUS.

WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, IN FACT, THE HEAT USED IN THE PLANTS FOR DRYING.

OR RUN SOLELY OFF THE FUEL PRODUCED BY THE BYPRODUCT FROM THESE TREES.

THEY NEED SAWDUST THAT WE GENERATE HERE.

EVERYTHING GETS COLLECTED SLEPT WITH THE BOTTOM THROUGH CONVEYORS, WHICH FEEDS ON SAWMILL WITH THESE ARE DRY HUMOR AND WE ALSO SELL IT SO NOTHING GETS WASTED.

ONCE THE LUMBER LEAVES THE GANG SAUCE, IT'LL COME THROUGH.

AND WE HAVE EMPLOYEES UP HERE.

SORTING OUT BAD CUTS, AND DROPPING IT BELOW AND AS IT COMES DOWN, WHAT WE CALL A WATER.

ALL SYSTEM, IT'S GOING TO HIT OUR LUG LOADER TO THE TRIMMER, IT'LL COME AROUND.

IT'LL GO THROUGH A SCANNER.

IF YOU LOOK HERE ON THE SCREEN IS SCANNING EACH PIECE OF LUMBER, THE SCANNING ALL THE DIMENSIONS IT.

IF IT TAPERS DOWN ON ONE END OR THERE MIGHT BE A DEFECT ON ONE SIDE, IT'LL CUT THAT OFF IN OUR TRIMMER BOX TO BUY FOR ALL THE WAY TO BY 12.

IT'S PRETTY FASCINATING HOW FAR THIS IS, COME OVER THE YEARS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CREATE ALL THE PROGRAMS.

YOU STILL NEED THESE GUYS.

SHE'S STILL GOT.

I HAVE THESE GUYS HAVE EYES ON IT.

THEY SEE THINGS THE MACHINES ARE SCANNERS.

DON'T WITHOUT THESE GUYS.

THIS PLACE WOULDN'T RUN.

THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS, EVERYBODY.

OUR GOAL IN PRODUCTION IS AROUND 900 THOUSAND TO A MILLION BOARD FEET A DAY MONDAY.

THROUGH FRIDAY SAD HAS IMPROVED IN RECENT YEARS.

I THINK WE'VE GONE FROM 35,000 BOARD FEET AN HOUR TO 50,000 BOARD FEET AN HOUR.

THAT'S THE GREEN SAWDUST GETS CONVEYED OUT OF THE SAWMILL.

IT'LL GO TO THE TRUCK BED AND THESE TRUCKS GETTING LOADED BY THE TRUCK MAN.

THEY'LL EITHER TAKE IT TO OUR FUEL SHED, FOR OUR DRY KIM'S, WHERE IT'LL TAKE IT TO THIS.

DRY KILN HAS ITS OWN SILO WHICH SUPPLIES FUEL FOR THE FIRE BOX.

SO ALL OF OUR FIREBOXES HERE WITH OUR CONTINUOUS DRY FUMES, RUNS OFF THE GREEN SAWDUST GENERATED BY THE SAWMILL.

THIS IS THE SPENT SAWDUST AFTER GOING THROUGH THE FIREBOX, WE ACTUALLY SELL THIS.

LIKE WE SAID NOTHING GETS WASTED, THEY'LL ACTUALLY TAKE THIS AND EXTRACT THE CARBON OUT OF IT.

AND MAKE CARBON FILTRATION SYSTEMS FOR MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOLD IT TO PEOPLE THAT DO ATTITUDES TO POTTING MIX.

SO NOW THAT WE BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR TWO BY FOURS AND OTHER DIMENSIONALS, LET'S HEAD TO THE OSB PLANT TO MEET JUSTIN MORE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FASCINATING TECHNOLOGY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ORIENTED STRAND BOARD OSB.

THIS ALWAYS BE PLANTS BEEN HERE SINCE 1988 BEEN A LOT OF GROWING, A LOT OF CHANGING OVER THE YEARS, TRIED TO THINK PROGRESSIVELY, AS FAR AS BEING GOOD, STEWARDS OF THE FOREST AS WELL AS PROVIDING A GOOD PRODUCT AND GOOD JOBS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

PROBABLY ANY HOME, YOU'VE BEEN IN SINCE 1990 HAS OSB IN IT, THAT'S A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO PLYWOOD AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ANY WORSE, IT'S ALL RATED THE SAME AS LONG AS THE BUILDER, BUILDS THE CODE, BUILD IT PROPERLY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE STURDY HOME.

I THINK WE'RE THE ONLY 100% BIOMASS FUEL DO.

SB PLANT IN NORTH AMERICA, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NATURAL GAS OR PROPANE.

EVERY TIME WE RUN ON HERE TO GENERATE HEAT IS THE BARK THAT COMES OFF THE TREES.

ANY LIMBS OR TOPS OF COME OFF THE TREES.

WE'RE BURNING THAT AS WELL AS THE STUMPAGE IN THE FORCE, WHEN THEY GRIND THAT THEY'LL BRING IT HERE.

SO OUR OSB HERE IS COMPRISED OF FOUR LAYERS.

AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THE TOP AND BOTTOM LAYERS.

WE'RE GOING TO LAY PARALLEL TO WORKING DIRECTION, THE TO POUR LAYERS.

WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT PERPENDICULAR TO WORK IN DIRECTIONS.

THAT CRISSCROSS PATTERN IS WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE THE BOARD AND STRENGTH AND MAKE IT SAFE TO WALK ON.

AS FAR AS A BEING A FLOORING PRODUCT OR ROOFING PRODUCT.

SO WE GET ABOUT 500 LOG TRUCKS A WEEK AND THIS FACILITY WILL UNLOAD THEM 24/7.

WE'VE GOT SIX BINS OF LOGS HERE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD UP A BIT OF LOG.

WHILE WE'RE FEEDING OFF ANOTHER BIN, WHAT THAT ALLOWS THE WOOD TO DO IS DRY OUT FROM WHERE IT COMES IN FROM THE FORCE THAT'S JUST LESS ENERGY.

WE HAVE TO PUT INTO OUR DRYING PROCESS, THESE CHAINS ARE GOING TO PULL THE LOGS INTO THE DEBARKER.

IT'S JUST LIKE A BIG DRYER DRUM AT YOUR HOUSE FOR YOUR CLOTHES AND SEE IF THIS.

60 FOOT LONG AND A LOCKER THAT'S GOING TO TUMBLE IN THERE.

AND AS ARE TUMBLING THERE, KNOCKING THE BARK OFF OF EACH OTHER, THE LOGS THAT ARE DEBARKED THEY'RE SENT TO THE FLAKER, WHICH IS WHERE WE'LL GO NEXT.

YOU KNOW, THE THERMOS MAKE A KNOW.

IT'S BEEN A, IT'S KIND OF A SIMPLE PROCESS, OKAY?

WE'RE GETTING LOGS IN, WE'RE FLAKING THEM OR DRYING THEM, WE'RE ADDING GLUE AND WE'RE PRESSING THEM.

THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER AS IT'S ONE MACHINE FROM THE CRANE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FORKLIFT, PULLING THE FINISHED PRODUCT OUT THESE PLATES, JUST BEEN PLATE.

THE LENGTH OF OUR FLAKE OR THE SPECIES OF WOOD WERE RUNNING.

OUR RESIN ARE PRESS ON.

PRESS TEMPERATURE, YOU GO UP NORTH AND GET SOME DIFFERENT SPECIES OF WOOD.

YOU MAY GET A LONGER PLAY KNIVES, THAT ARE SHIPPED TO YOU HAVE TO BE MONITORED AND WE'RE LUCKY THAT A SISTER COMPANY.

BARS ARE THE ONES WHO SHARPEN THESE KNIVES.

HOW OFTEN DO THEY HAVE TO BE SHARPENED?

ADVISE ABOUT TWICE A DAY.

BUT WHEN YOU ORDER A KNIFE, EACH KNIFE CAN BE RESHARPEN ABOUT SIX TIMES BEFORE YOU HAVE TO TALK.

YOU GET ABOUT EIGHT TO NINE HOURS OF RUN TIME ON A SET OF KNIVES BEFORE YOU GOT TO CHANGE IT.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF OUR KNIVES.

WE HAVE A 39 FLAKER BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY 60 OF THESE IN EACH FLAKER.

THIS DISTANCE FROM THE TOP OF THE COUNTER KNIFE TO THE TO THE EDGE IS IMPORTANT THAT ANGLE HERE IS IMPORTANT AS WELL AS THIS ANGLE ON.

ON THE COUNTER KNIFE ITSELF.

AND HOW STRAIGHT IS A RAZOR BLADE.

SHARP IS IT LIKE KITCHEN TONIGHT AT RAZOR BLADE SHARP, THE KNIFE SLIDES RIGHT HERE AND THEN THE CLAMPS BOLT UP RIGHT BEHIND IT, FLAKES ARE NOW DRY AND THEY'RE COMING INTO A BIN AT THE AT THE VERY TOP OF THE BUILDING SOUTH HOLLAND BUILDING IS AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME DOWN THROUGH THE PROCESS TO THE BOTTOM.

WE KNOW HOW MANY POUNDS PER HOUR COMING THROUGH THIS BLENDER.

AND PER OUR RECIPE, WE NEED X AMOUNT OF POUNDS OF AND PER POUND OF FLAKES.

ONCE ALL THAT'S DONE IN THE BLENDER.

THEY FALL OUT INTO THESE TWO SEPARATE CONVEYORS HERE AND GO UP TO THE FOREMAN LINE.

THE TWO SURFACE LAYERS ARE GOING TO ORIENT, YOUR FLAKE PARALLEL WITH WORKING DIRECTION, THE TWO CORE LAYERS ARE GOING TO ORIENT, THE FLAKE PERPENDICULAR WITH WORKING DIRECTION THAT CRISSCROSS PATTERN IS WHAT GIVES THE BOARD ITS STRENGTH AND THAT THICKNESS THAT WE SEE IS GOING TO GET FLATTENED INTO THAT FINAL PRODUCT.

SO THIS FINAL PRODUCT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 5/8 OF AN INCH THICK.

ONCE IT'S COMPRESSED.

WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO PULL UP ANY METAL THAT MAY BE LEFT IN THE MAT.

WE HAVE MAGNETS ALL THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AND THIS IS OUR LAST BIG ELECTROMAGNET.

NOW WE'RE DOWN HERE AT THE BALL LAT.

THIS ISN'T WHERE THE MAC GETS A FINAL CUT DOWN HERE.

THE OUTFEED, THIS IS WHERE THE BOARD'S GETS BACK TO THEIR UNITS.

THE BOARDS COME OUT, THEIR WEIGHT ON THE SCALE AND THEN THEY'RE PUT INTO OUR PAINT GROUP.

SO THIS IS A SAMPLE BOARD HERE.

THIS IS A LOT OF HOMES.

HERE, THIS PARTICULAR ONE WILL BE POOR ROOF SHEATHING OR WALLS.

YOU CAN SEE SOME RED PAINT, THAT'S A HEAVY LATEX PAINT.

AND NOT ONLY IS IT A BRANDING COLOR, IT ACTS AS A PROTECTION.

THIS PAINT KEEPS WATER FROM SEEPING INTO AGE AND, AND SWELLING, UP AND GIVING YOU A SANDING PROBLEM.

THIS IS OUR FOIL STAKE.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS APPLYING A PAPERBACK FOIL.

WHAT THE FULL DOES IS YOU HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEAT RADIANT, HEAT COMING FROM THE SUN AS WHAT THIS GUY'S TRYING TO BLOCK OUT.

SO THE WAY YOU'LL INSTALL THIS IS HOPING YOUR ATTIC.

YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE FULL SIDE.

I'D BASIC INTO THE ATTIC.

WELL THIS WILL DO IS HELP.

KEEP YOUR ATTIC COOL FOR THE SUMMER TIMES WHICH IS A BIG DEAL FOR US DOWN IN SOUTH, GEORGIA, OUR FLORIDA MARKET AS WELL AND IT'S GOING TO HELP KEEP YOUR HAIR CONDITIONER.

BILL LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WHETHER YOU FEEL BLANK FIELD MEANS TO THIS REGION HERE.

AS A WHOLE, THIS FAMILY IS SO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A LITTLE OVER 1000 EMPLOYEES THAT MAKE IT WORK.

BECAUSE LOOK WITHOUT OUR PEOPLE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A COMPANY AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY FOR THIS COMPANY.

SO AS THE SOUTH GEORGIA, FOR ITS CONTINUED TO GROW, STRONG, AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD OF FORESTRY BECOMES MORE IMPRESSIVE AND MORE EFFICIENT.

THE HARD-WORKING FOLKS AT LANGDALE AIMED TO KEEP PACE AND STAY A STEP AHEAD WITH A WELL-PLANNED.

BLEND OF HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL, STANDARDS AND QUALITY.

LET'S NOW MOVE ON OVER TO MET HER WHERE A LONG TIME, FARMING COUPLE IS GROWING THEIR BUSINESS ALONG WITH SOME TASTY GEORGIA, PECANS.

A PERFECT DAY AND A BEAUTIFUL SETTING FRIENDLY FARMERS WITH TALENT AND AMBITION CURTIS AND MADDIE KNOW THIS LAND THESE FIELDS AND ARE WORKING HARD TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THEIR PECANS.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE IN MY NET, RIGHT.

THE EQUALITY EQUALITY OF NERVE, THIS SOFT GEORGIA RIGHT HERE AND WE RIGHT HAND THE MILLER AREA AND IT'S GOOD, GREAT LAND AND SOIL AND MY GRANDDAD.

HE THE ONE WHO HAD TO 2300 ACRES OF LAND, DIDN'T HE?

HAD 13 KIDS, EVERYBODY KIND OF HAD A PART.

WE TEND TO FARM THIS HERE, YOU KNOW, COTTON PEANUTS AND CORN AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL MY MOM AND SHE WAS GETTING OLDER AND I TOOK OVER AND I DECIDED WHEN I MET THIS GENTLEMAN, HE KIND OF ENCOURAGED ME TO GO INTO THE PECAN BUSINESS.

HE LED ME TO GO AHEAD ON AND START THE PLANTING, THE PECAN TREES AND TO THIS PART.

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW, TAKING CARE OF IT AND SEEING AFTER IT AND HARVEST THE PECANS AND SELL IT AND CRACKING CHILLING.

AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW.

WORKING TOGETHER IS GREAT.

WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 30, BUT 20 YEARS.

IT TOOK A NEW HIGH.

SO NOW WE ARE REALLY WORKING TOGETHER AND I DON'T THINK IT'S BAD.

IT'S CURRENT THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

HE DIDN'T WANT HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T KNOW, HAVE IDEA.

HE HAD TO GROW TO IT.

YO, AND WE ARE GROWING IN OUR MARRIAGE.

THIS YET MORE AND MORE WONDERFUL AS THE YEARS.

GO ON.

WE'RE CLOSER NOW THAN WE EVER HAVE BEEN.

YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE IN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THEIR TOYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE A LITTLE BOY WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY, BUT NOW HE'S A GROWN MAN AND YOU GET TO PLAY WITH ALL HIS TOYS YOUNG.

I GUESS THAT'S IT.

WHAT'S MORE FUN?

THE SWEEPER?

OR THE SHAKER?

OKAY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGE BECAUSE DIFFERENT GET THE GYM FROM THE SECOND.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET THERE WITH THE SLEEPER, YOU SEE THAT VIVID SLEEPING RIGHT TO THE SIDE AND THEN BLOW IT OUT THAT WAY AND IT'S JUST SO EXCITED AND THEN WHEN I GET TO HIRE FROM, YOU KNOW YOU HEAR HIM COMING INTO THE HOUSE THE BACK THEN TOO.

BEING SO ALL OF GOT A DIFFERENT EXCITEMENT.

AND IT CAN ONLY HELP TO RECEIVE A LITTLE EXTRA HELP FROM NEARBY FRIENDS.

WE STARTED WITH THE INNOVATION CENTER IN META, GEORGIA, MISS HEIDI JEFFERS, THEY HELPED US WITH THIS LOGO.

THEY TOLD US WHAT WE HAD TO HAVE ON OUR BAG TO SELL THEM.

WE HAD LOTS OF HELP FROM EVERYBODY TO GET THIS BAG PRODUCED.

THEY'VE ALSO RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE OF GEORGIA, SOUTHEAST REGION, THAT'S WHERE BILL GREEN AND THE COMMON MARKET SOUTHEAST COMES INTO PLAY THE COMMON MARKET STARTED AS A WAY TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES, THAT NEEDED, NUTRITIOUS FOOD WITH SMALL FARMERS, WHO LACK ACCESS TO INSTITUTIONAL MARKETS.

AND SO THE COMMON MARKET STARTED IN PHILADELPHIA AND 2008, THE COMMON MARKET SOUTHEAST WAS STARTED IN 2016 AS A WAY TO CONNECT THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES.

WE'RE WORKING ON OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THEIR FARM OPERATIONS AND HELP THEM TO SELL TO LARGER MARKETS SO THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN A NEW WAY.

MYTH.

THE GREEN IS JUST ANOTHER PART OF THE POEM.

GLOBAL CHIC AS WE'VE BEEN SELLING TO OUR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC, BUT NOW WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO SELL THEM BULK TO MR. GREEN, WHO'S GOING TO DO IT FOR THE FOOD BANK?

AND SO NOW INSTEAD OF ME TRYING TO SELL THEM TO DIFFERENT PEOPLES EYE TO BAG THEM UP.

BOX THEM UP, WE SHIPPING THE MR. GREEN.

AND HE'S GOING TO SHIP THEM TO THE FOOD BANK AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A LOT MORE PEOPLE HAPPY AND THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING.

WE'RE WORKING ON AT EASE THAT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THEIR FARM OPERATIONS AND HELP THEM TO SELL TO LARGER MARKETS SO THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AT A NEW WAY.

WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH BILL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMON MARKET IN A FUTURE EPISODE.

BUT FOR NOW, LET'S JOURNEY, A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD TO A CRACKER AND SHELLER WHO ARE WORKING WITH CURTIS AND MANNING AND THIS IS A FASCINATING SITE.

THE GROWING IS, OF COURSE, A MAJOR PART OF THE PECAN BUSINESS DOWN HERE BUT SORTING CLEANING AND SHOWING IS ANOTHER MAJOR PART OF THE TRADE, RIGHT DOWN.

THE ROAD IS MIXING PECAN RUN BY GEORGIA FARMER, A MARIE JONES AND HIS FAMILY.

AND TODAY WE JOIN CURTIS AND MADDIE, IT WAS PEAK SEASON FOR PECANS AND IT WAS ONE DAY AFTER HIGH WINDS.

SO, THE RESULT WAS A SUPER BUSY DAY AND A PLETHORA OF GEORGIA PECANS FROM FARMERS ALL OVER THE AREA.

YOU KNOW, HOW I WOULD CASE MAY BE, ALWAYS HAVE TO GET IT, THANKS TO THE LORD FOR PUTTING IT IN MY MIND AND IN MY HEAD IS ALWAYS GOES TO HIM AND I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WHATEVER THAT HE PUT IN THERE FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO PRODUCE.

OH SHE ALWAYS LEAD YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY TO FOR LIKING OUR PECANS, BUYING THEM AND HELPING US YOU KNOW MOVING THE HIRE FOLKS LIKE CURTIS A MADDIE.

THIS FARM HAS BEEN IN THERE.

FAMILY FOR SO MANY GENERATIONS.

DID YOU REALLY SENSE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LAND AND HELPING FARMERS LIKE MISS MADDIE, AND MR. CURTIS HOLD ONTO THEIR LAND IS CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION HERE AT THE COMMON MARKET.

SO SEEING THEIR ENTHUSIASM, WE'RE EXCITED AS WELL ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER AND YOU'VE TASTED THEIR PEKING GOD, THEY'RE AMAZING.

I'VE BEEN EATING THEM ALL DAY SO FROM TALL PINES AND THE AMAZING MACHINERY AND VALDOSTA.

THAT ACCOMPANIES THE BUSINESS OF TIMBER TO THE ORNAMENTAL ROWS OF GEORGIA, PECAN TREES AND MET HER AND BEYOND PEOPLE OF THE WORLD CAN BE GRATEFUL FOR THESE, TWO TOWERING TREASURES AND THE HARD-WORKING FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS WHO BRING THEM TO YOUR HOMES AND YOUR HANDS.

I'M DAVID'S ELSE.

KEY, SEE YOU AT THE NEXT FORK IN THE ROAD?

THE FORK IN THE ROAD WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY FROM PRODUCE TO PEOPLE THE BEST THINGS ARE GROWN AND RAISED IN GEORGIA EVEN IN TOUGH TIMES.

WE COME TOGETHER WORK HARD AND GROW STRONG.

WHEN YOU PURCHASE GEORGIA GROWN PRODUCTS YOU SUPPORT FARMERS FAMILIES, AND THIS PROUD STATE WE CALL HOME.

TOGETHER WE WILL KEEP GEORGIA GROWING.

TO PERFECT THE PICTURE UP ON THE WALL.

FROM AFAR