Source: NC A&T UNIVERSITY, 6/26/20

The 2021 Small Farmer of the Year application is now open!

Each year at Small Farms Week, Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T honors one of the state’s farmers as North Carolina’s Small Farmer of the Year. The award recognizes a farmer who is an innovator in livestock or crop production and marketing, a leader involved in contributing time and other resources to build their community, a steward of the environment who protects and enhances natural resources, and a wise businessperson running a farm business in an entrepreneurial manner.

In order to be eligible, a farmer must have earned an average annual gross farm income of less than $250,000 over the last three years. All applications and supporting materials for 2021 Small Farmer of the Year must be submitted online or postmarked by Friday, August 14, 2020.

For application requirements and to submit an application click here.