The new Farm-City placemats are 11”x17” in size, and are printed in vibrant color. The FARM shows a wheat field, barn and livestock, a barn door and kids enjoying farm-fresh food.  The CITY shows a cityscape, streets, harbor and a multi-cultural group.

Want to dress up the tables for a luncheon or dinner meeting with a Farm-City theme? Then the newly redesigned Farm-City placemats are for you!

These eye-catching new placemats are currently being printed, and will be available in July. However, you can place your orders now, and as soon as they’re available, you’ll be the first to have them.

Order your placemats and other Farm-City materials! Placemats are shrink-wrapped in packs of 100. $15.00/pack plus shipping and handling.

No matter where they’re held, Farm-City events are sure to produce a bumper crop of smiles! These photos are from the annual Farm-City Day was held last month at the Hazlehurst, Georgia, farm of Herman and Corrine Sellers. It was the thirteenth year for the popular event.

Over the years, the Farm-City Day, which allowed visitors to savor the simplicity of life on the farm, has mushroomed to over thirty educational exhibits. They welcomed more than 800 children and 500 adults from Jeff Davis County, where the Sellers live, and four neighboring counties.

Young "farmers" learned all about hogs, digging potatoes, picking peaches, milking cows and more. The Sellers, in conjunction with the Hazlehurst Chamber of Commerce and the Jeff County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee and Promotion and Education Committee, organized the event.

Photo gallery and story

The National Farm-City Council awards National Recognition Plaques and State Recognition Certificates for outstanding work in accomplishing the mission of Farm-City. National award winners (limited to two per state) receive a certificate mounted on a hardwood plaque.  State recognition winners receive a framed certificate. Both are great for hanging in your office to show your support and work on behalf of fostering greater understanding between urban and rural people.

Want to apply? Just submit a form to your state Farm-City representative.
Learn more about the Farm-City recognition program. (PDF)

Rachel Cheatham

Please join the National Farm-City Council in welcoming our newest board member, Rachel Cheatham, Rachel Cheatham is Director, Science and Health Communications at the International Food Information Council (IFIC) based in Washington, DC. She specializes in effective consumer communication in the areas of food safety and nutrition.

Her work includes conducting ongoing consumer trends research, developing communication workshops for opinion leaders, speaking at conferences and workshops, and cultivating strategic partnerships between nutrition, science, and health organizations. A main focus of her work is in the area of food and agricultural biotechnology, with the goal of delivering credible, science-based information in a timely, understandable manner which resonates with the consumer. It is her mission to communicate the science of both food safety and nutrition in a way which directly benefits the consumer.

Rachel is a PhD candidate in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism at Tufts University. Prior to working on her PhD, Rachel held several positions in the corporate world including serving as the Corporate Video Producer/Director/Writer for Videc, Inc. as well as the Broadcast Producer/Director/Writer for Mercantile Stores, both in Tennessee.

National Farm-City Council Board Members hold prominent positions in agricultural business, media, associations and other organizations who work in the supporting the food and fiber system. Like all Board Members, Rachel has a passion for increasing the knowledge and appreciation of farm and city residents as partners in progress.