If you missed the Kickoff Luncheon, you can still get a taste of the excitement online at AgriTalk or AgWired.
Photos courtesy of AgWired. |
What a great way to kick off National Farm-City Week!
This year’s National Farm-City Week Kickoff Luncheon in Washington D.C. featured music, celebrities, awards and live media coverage. National Farm-City Council board member Mike Adams and host of the popular radio show, AgriTalk, broadcast live during the luncheon, interviewing a number of distinguished guests, including former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John Block. (Shown at left.) Chuck Zimmerman, from the agricultural blog site, AgWired, also provided coverage of the luncheon online.
Rolling Stones keyboardist and tree farmer Chuck Leavell (center left) received the first ever American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, “Book of the Year” award for his children’s book “The Tree Farmer.” Terry Gilbert, a Kentucky farmer and Foundation board member, presented the book award to Leavell. You can buy the book at Amazon.com.
Featured speaker and award-winning country music artist Michael Peterson (bottom left) provided entertainment in song and story.
And what would the kick-off luncheon be without recognizing the hard-work of Farm-City Committees across the country?
National Farm-City Council Chair Al Pell presented
national awards for outstanding accomplishment to:
• Frederick County Farm Bureau Women, Maryland
• Coffee County Farm-City Committee, Alabama
• Chambers County Farm-City Committee, Alabama
• Long Island Farm Bureau, New York
• Chautauqua County Farm Bureau, New York
State awards for outstanding accomplishment were
presented to:
• Reno County Farm Bureau, Kansas
• Greenville County Farm-City Committee, S. Carolina
• Lexington County Farm-City Week Committee, S. Carolina
• Richland County Farm-City Week Committee, S. Carolina
• Beaufort County Farm-City Week Committee, S. Carolina
• Saluda County Farm-City Week Committee S. Carolina
• Darlington County Farm-City Week Committee, S. Carolina |
