For Release of Information Contacts:

Ashley Lansdale / John Williams
Sahlman Williams
813-251-4242
a.lansdale@sahlman.com

Call for:
-All general inquiries
-Sources/interviews with pecan experts
-Recipes
-Nutrition information
-History/background

Jimmy Champion
Albany Warehouse Co., Sylvester, GA

Chairman, Georgia Pecan Commission
(229) 883-7050
(229) 881-0254

Areas of Expertise:
-- Industry Trends
-- Growth/Species Background
-- Industry Research & Education
-- Insight from the grower perspective

Darrell Sparks, Ph.D., Pecan Specialist
Department of Horticulture
University of Georgia (Athens, Ga.)
Phone: (706) 542-2471
(NOTE: Dr. Sparks, an authority on pecans, is the author of Pecan Cultivars: The Orchard's Foundation)

Areas of Expertise:
-- Horticultural background
-- Background on pecan cultivars
(or cultivated varieties of pecans)