In Georgia, the land of sweet tea and warm hospitality, pecans reign supreme. This versatile nut finds its way into countless ...

when Americans delight in pecan pie. When Hurricane Helene crossed into Georgia on September 26, however, the storm’s path destroyed about 36 million pounds of pecans, or one third of the state ...

When I heard Hurricane Helene destroyed some 42,000 pecan trees in Georgia, I thought of my mother and my last pecan pie, not the last ever, but the last one she made. I’ve not had a pecan pie ...