Cullman County Farm-City named best in state
Published 4:52 pm Friday, April 6, 2018
- LEFT PHOTO: From left are Cullman County Farm-City Committee Chairman Lynda Hankey and Alabama Farm-City Committee Chairman Jeff Helms. RIGHT PHOTO: Cullman County’s Lyric Antone received an honorable mention in the 2017 Alabama Farm-City Poster Contest during the organization’s annual luncheon and awards program in Birmingham, April 5. Antone, who lives in Vinemont, is a kindergartner at West Point Elementary School. From left are AFC’s Jim, Antone and Alabama Farm-City Chairman Jeff Helms.
The Cullman County Farm-City Committee was named best in the state for the sixth straight year. The committee received the Overall Best Farm-City Committee Award during the Alabama Farm-City Awards Luncheon in Birmingham.
The group also received Division I awards for Best Farm-City Committee, Innovative Idea, and Best Farm-City Dinner. Division I includes counties with a larger population.
More than 200 volunteers contributed 5,000 hours of service to reach an estimated 100,000 people with the Farm-City message.
The committee hosted farm days, cooked breakfast for farmers at the local market, participated in local fairs and parades, recognized outstanding FFA and FCCLA members and sponsored Heritage Skills Classes at the North Alabama Agriplex. A new Farm-City musical earned the committee the Innovative Idea Award. Sixty students entertained their peers and parents with songs, dances and skits about agriculture.
