Highlighting county news and events from North Carolina Farm Bureau members throughout the state.

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Farm Bureau President Donald Smart, left, presented a plaque to past President Terry Rogers at the county annual meeting in October.

MCDOWELL COUNTY Farm Bureau recently donated $20,000 to the Occupational Program at McDowell High School for a new greenhouse that students will use to learn about agriculture. The program requires students to have a school-based industry and students will use math and science to cultivate plants in the greenhouse. In addition to the money, McDowell County Farm Bureau will donate expertise, materials and support to the program.

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North Carolina Field & Family Spring 2026
Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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