The voice of agriculture in Alabama. Neighbors magazine brings you the most current news and information about Alabama agriculture and the Alabama Farmers Federation.
Protect. Sustain. Educate. For a century, the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) has been flush with humble heroes who demonstrate those directives — from fighting wildfires and finessing land management plans to fielding questions from community members curious about Alabama’s abundant natural resources.
Tuscaloosa County School System (TCSS) is cultivating the future of agriculture with its new Agriscience Teaching Farm in Northport.
For two years, Ben Looney has farmed his dream acreage — wide-open, irrigated row crop land nestled in a river bottom.
Few people want to think about attorneys — until they need one.
Farmers and pollinators go together like bees and honey — one relying on the other to survive. Students and professors are learning this firsthand at Enterprise State Community College (ESCC), the new home of the State Apiary Unit Diagnostic Lab.
The Alfa Foundation recently awarded $100,000 in scholarships to 100 students attending colleges and universities across Alabama. Recipients, who hail from 43 counties and will attend 29 different academic institutions, each received $1,000 from the Foundation to use on tuition, fees, books or supplies in the 2024-25 academic year.
