OK, here's something for you "never seen a cause you didn't believe in" types -- Growing peanuts organically

An AP article notes that although Georgia is the nation's leading peanut-producing state, it still has no presence in the fast-growing organic peanut market.

While that's not expected to change anytime soon, organic supporters are hopeful that the development of several disease-resistant peanut varieties will lead to more interest in growing the chemical-free nuts in the state.

Georgia's 4,800 peanut farmers grow about 40 percent of the total U.S. crop, but there appears to be only one organic peanut farm in the state — run by Shirley Daughtry, of Effingham County, north of Savannah — and that operation is on a small scale.

Daughtry fights destructive insects with an army of beneficial insects, such as ladybugs, and grows flowers that attract them to her 20-acre farm. Instead of chemical fertilizers, she plants cover crops to enrich the soil. Instead of herbicides, she and her staff attack weeds with hoes or spread corn gluten, a benign natural substance.