Jonathan Sanders was surrounded by thousands of young farmers at an American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) conference when he leaned over to fellow Alabamian Jerry Allen Newby and said:
In just over a year, Coastal Growers LLC and its slate of partners and farmer-owners transformed a field into a state-of-the-art peanut shelling facility adding value to farmers’ crops.
Visionary leaders of the Alabama Farmers Federation were inducted into the Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor Feb. 17, alongside legends in farming, agricultural research and conservation.