Farmers who have suffered severe trauma can find help to keep doing what they love. The Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, administers the AgrAbility Project.
The AgrAbility Project was created to assist people with disabilities employed in agriculture. The project links the Cooperative Extension Service at [...]

Alamance
Occasions Restaurant, Burlington    Nov. 1    6:30 p.m.
Alexander
County Senior Center, Taylorsville    Nov. 1    6:30 p.m.
Alleghany
Sparta United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, Sparta    Sept. 29    6:30 p.m.
Anson
Lockhart Taylor Bldg., Wadesboro    Oct. 25    6:30 p.m.
Ashe
Jefferson United Methodist Church, Jefferson    Oct. 17    6:00 p.m.
Avery
First Baptist Church, Crossnore    Oct. 6    6:30 p.m.
Beaufort
Civic Center, Washington    Oct. 27    7:00 p.m.
Bertie
Co. Farm Bureau office, [...]

NCFB Federation
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation’s 2011 Annual Meeting will be held in Greensboro at the Four Seasons (Joseph S. Koury) Convention Center. The meeting will commence Sun., Dec. 4 and end Tues., Dec. 6.
NCFB Mutual Insurance Company
Each insured of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company Inc. is hereby notified that by virtue [...]

Looking for another approach to expand your agriculture knowledge and create opportunities to broaden your career possibilities?
One way young farmers can find enrichment along with more paths to greater prosperity is networking with participants of North Carolina Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers program.
New opportunities for social interaction and friendly competition are provided each year [...]

Eight students bound for college this fall are recipients of North Carolina Farm Bureau’s R. Flake Shaw Scholarship.
Six scholarships were awarded to students headed to a four-year college or university to study agriculture or a related field. This scholarship is valued at $3,000 per year and provides each recipient with a total of $12,000 over [...]

Alamance County Agricultural Fair    Burlington    TBA
Alexander County Agricultural Fair    Taylorsville    Sept. 12-17
Alleghany County Agricultural Fair    Sparta    Aug. 20-27
Avery County Agricultural Fair    Newland    Sept. 5-11
Bethware Community Fair    Kings Mountain    Aug. 2-6
Burke County Fair    Morganton    Oct. 11-15
Cabarrus County Agricultural Fair    Concord    Sept. 9-17
Caldwell County Agricultural Fair    Lenoir    Sept. 27-Oct. 1
Cape Fear Fair & Expo    Wilmington    Oct. 27-Nov. [...]

RFD-TV Hosts NCFB Magazine, Sept. 14
The Sept. 14 North Carolina Farm Bureau Magazine TV show features stories about the red and round.
First, the show will tour a mountain ornamental greenhouse operation that is branching out into tomatoes. Then travel along as we pay a visit to Dale and Geraldine Lamm’s apple farm in Henderson County.
The [...]

Did you know that demographic changes have severely impacted rural representation in North Carolina? Population growth and shifts have diluted rural and farming representation on the local level and in the General Assembly.
In fact, just 15 counties elect 50 percent of the members of the North Carolina General Assembly–and those 15 counties are, of course, [...]

Alamance
Occasions Restaurant, Burlington    Nov. 1    6:30 p.m.
Alexander
County Senior Center, Taylorsville    Nov. 1    6:30 p.m.
Alleghany
Sparta United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, Sparta    Sept. 29    6:30 p.m.
Anson
Lockhart Taylor Bldg., Wadesboro    Oct. 18    6:30 p.m.
Ashe
Jefferson United Methodist Church, Jefferson    Oct. 17    6:00 p.m.
Avery
First Baptist Church, Crossnore    Oct. 6    6:30 p.m.
Beaufort
Civic Center, Washington    Oct. 27    7:00 p.m.
Bertie
Co. Farm Bureau office, [...]

Looking for another approach to expand your agriculture knowledge and create opportunities to broaden your career possibilities?
One way young farmers can find enrichment along with more paths to greater prosperity is networking with participants of North Carolina Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers program.
New opportunities for social interaction and friendly competition are provided each year [...]