With the easing of pandemic fears in Southwest Georgia, Rudy’s Happy Patch Market has kicked into high gear. Perry Wellness Center founder and CEO Stuart Perry is appreciative of both customer loyalty and produce vendors’ willingness to “step it up” in meeting demand for fresh vegetables.

“Vegetable variety is important to our customers,” Stuart explains. “With the unspoken need for fresh vegetables and fruits, area vendors meet the need for delivery of the freshest crops from their gardens and fields. All is good.”

As for customers, increased vaccination rates and decreased public health precautions have led to a welcome sight – the smiling faces of customers, as masks are set down in most public settings.

In the photo above, a  longtime Americus market customer, Mack Martin, stops by for an early morning visit to Happy Patch, on the lookout for select choice vegetables.