Alabama farmer Monica Carroll will bring decades of agricultural experience, plus a passion for serving people, to her new role as the state’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director.
Dozens of Alabama farmers were in the Senate gallery Thursday to witness history as Alfa Health Plans legislation won final passage.
Communicate. Engage. Connect. These three words left 200 women in agriculture inspired at the Alabama Farmers Federation Women’s Leadership Conference in Auburn April 16-18.
Alabama Farm-City celebrated the multiplying effect of county committees’ work in schools and communities during its annual awards luncheon April 17 in Auburn. The program concluded the yearlong theme “Our Community Counts on Farmers,” a nod to the most recent Census of Agriculture.
In a quiet bend of the Coosa River in Elmore County, the Barrett family has built a pasture-to-plate cattle operation spanning four generations and impacting the industry far beyond their farm gates.
Blake and Savanna Carroll are steadily accomplishing goals on their to-do list. One unexpected barrier to fulfilling that is an essential budget item — health care.
