Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 10/21/18

I was born in rural Chowan County in Northeastern North Carolina. I lived in Tyner in a very rural farming community with crop production including grains, cotton, peanuts and vegetable crops; the primary livestock was swine.  While my parents, sister, and I moved to Elm City, NC when I was very young, I spent a great deal of time in Chowan County growing up and working on the farm. 

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