Source: NCDA&CS, 3/23/22



We Are Agriculture is a year-long series that will highlight the hard-work done by employees across the Department of Agriculture. Jacob Crandall, Agriculture Program Specialist with our Small Farms Division, is one of those employees. Stay tuned each Wednesday here on the blog or any of our social media accounts and join us in honoring those who continue to drive our state’s agriculture industry forward each day!

All of his life, Jacob Crandall has walked a path that led him to his purpose and calling as an Agriculture Program Specialist with our Small Farms Division. Growing up in the Eastern part of our state, Jacob worked many hard but rewarding hours on his family farm raising tobacco, row crops and more.

Although he always enjoyed the lifestyle of farming, it wasn’t until he met a county soil scientist that he truly fell in love. “One day when I was young, I remember riding my bike around our farm and seeing this man pulled off on a green truck,” he said, “and I was so impressed by all that he told me about being a soil scientist, including getting to drive that green truck every day.” From the green truck to greener pastures, Jacob studied agriculture and farming all throughout high school and college until he graduated and started his career as a soil conservationist in Wilkes County.

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