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Calhoun County Farm Bureau
St. Matthews, SC - Calhoun County Farm Bureau was recognized recently by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) as having one of the best agricultural education and promotion activities in the country. AFBF honored Calhoun County Farm Bureau with the County Activities of Excellence Award presented during the national organization’s annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah in January. Calhoun County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee Chair Rosalind Carson, Women’s Committee member Sherry Houck, and Calhoun County Farm Bureau Secretary and Women’s Committee member Barbara Haigler were flown by AFBF to the national annual meeting to display their project at the convention’s trade show. The winning activity is a Commodity Christmas Tree contest that was open to the entire county’s fifth and eighth grade students. Students decorated trees with commodities grown in South Carolina before the trees were displayed and judged on uniqueness and appearance. Each grade level winner received a pizza party courtesy of Calhoun County Farm Bureau. The idea was one suggested through the SC Ag in the Classroom “Hands On” booklet for Farm Bureau members. The three Calhoun County women shipped a small version of a decorated Christmas tree with the ornaments that the students made to Salt Lake City, where they placed it in a display to explain the project. AFBF President Bob Stallman, who represents the national organization’s more than six million members, said, “Calhoun County’s idea is truly a unique way to tell the farm story to young people. It is an activity that combines research and creativity in a way that the students are sure to remember important South Carolina produced commodities.” South Carolina Farm Bureau President and Sumter County farmer David Winkles said, “Farm Bureau is all about agriculture and this is a great way to get the message out. I am very proud of the members of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau and especially proud of the county Women’s Committee for taking the initiative to conduct such a worthwhile project. If we can get the accurate farm message into the minds of young people, they will become much better informed consumers when they grow older.” Farm Bureau is an agricultural membership organization with a mission to protect and preserve family farms and rural lifestyles in South Carolina. #
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