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Georgia Department of Agriculture

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Photograph of the front facade of the Georgia Department of Agriculture building on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. With unadorned granite exterior, rectangular massing, and engaged pilasters, the building exemplifies stripped Classical architectural style. A statue stands on a granite base outside the entrance.The Georgia Department of Agriculture, with more than 850 full-time employees, is the state's oldest independent executive agency. It was established in 1874 to promote the state's agricultural enterprises, which had struggled since the end of the Civil War (1861-65). Although most executive agencies are under the auspices of the governor, the Department of Agriculture is headed by an elected commissioner.
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