Member Profile: Karen Jordan
Karen Jordan always knew she wanted to be a veterinarian, but she had no idea that she would find her passion working with dairy cows.
“I had never been exposed to cows or really any large animals; all I knew were dogs and cats,” Jordan says.
But once she began visiting dairy farms as [...]

All across North Carolina, too many citizens can’t access affordable, quality health care. Especially in rural regions, too many people go without seeing a doctor, a nurse or having any contact with our health care delivery system.
That’s why North Carolina Farm Bureau developed Healthy Living For a Lifetime.
Healthy Living For a Lifetime is an innovative [...]

Johnston County Farm Bureau member Larry Martin first became acquainted with bees at age 11, while growing up on the family farm in Princeton. His father grew primarily corn and soybeans, but he had affection for the honey-producers and traveled to Burgaw to gather enough bees to fill a couple of boxes.
A swarm of bees [...]

ASHE COUNTY Farm Bureau hosted New Hanover County Farm Bureau Sept. 28 for a tour of Ashe County agriculture. Attendees visited the Upper Mountain Research Station; the Ashe County Agriculture Museum, which is managed by Ashe County board member Bobby Absher; County President Don Tucker’s Christmas tree farm and High Mountain Farm. Member and county [...]

1) LEAD Graduate Allison Clement, left, accepts a plaque from NCFB President Larry Wooten.
2) LEAD Graduate Buddy Clement, left, accepts a plaque from NCFB President Larry Wooten.

3) LEAD Graduate Chris Stancill, left, accepts a plaque from NCFB President Larry Wooten.
4) LEAD Graduate Chrystal Castelloe, left, accepts a plaque from NCFB President Larry Wooten.

5) LEAD Graduate [...]

1) YF&R Achievement Award— Barton Mitchell, of Chatham County Farm Bureau, receives the award from NCFB Vice President J.M. Wright Jr. (left).
2) YF&R Program Award— Will Thompson, of Cleveland County Farm Bureau, receives the award from NCFB Vice President J.M. Wright Jr. (center) and YF&R State Chairman Kevin Roberts (left).

3) Collegiate Discussion Meet Award— Ray [...]

Member Profile: Reggie Askew
Gates County Farm Bureau board member Reggie Askew describes how the various segments of his operation support one another “kind of like a marriage.”
Askew, a third-generation farmer who has lived in Gates County all of his life, cultivates about 1,000 acres, growing corn, soybeans, cotton and wheat. He also maintains six chicken [...]

ALEXANDER COUNTY Farm Bureau members Tommy and Cathy Chatham of Hiddenite were named Alexander County Farm Family of the Year. The Chathams have been farming since 1976 and have been Farm Bureau members for more than 25 years. Pictured, left to right, are Jodi Smith, Alexander County Chamber of Commerce Administrator; Miles Payne, board member; [...]

Farm Bureau member Miles Mercer is a Robeson County native. So is his wife, Sandra. Mercer grows what he calls the traditional crops of the county—85 acres of flue-cured tobacco, 550 acres of soybeans, 450 acres of corn and 175 acres of wheat. Cultivating land near the state border is what Mercer has done since [...]

Eggs are an immense part of Richard Simpson’s family: past, present and what the Union County Farm Bureau member hopes is the future, too.
Simpson’s grandfather first started to sell eggs in Charlotte in the 1930s. After his father took over the business, Richard Simpson joined the team in the 1970s and helped to expand Simpson’s [...]