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We advocate for agriculture, agribusiness, and farming in North Carolina

We promote and defend a strong economic and regulatory climate for agricultural and rural areas to be sustainable and profitable. We proactively engage and support like-minded organizations and react quickly to any issue threatening our farms, businesses, and communities.

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Support pro-agriculture groups and voices by developing cohesive messages that will influence legislators to support North Carolina agriculture, farmers, and agribusiness.

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News and Updates

NC State Senator Lisa Stone Barnes

September 19, 2026

Friends, Early voting is just weeks away, and this fall we want to take some time to introduce you to a few of the leaders who’ve made agriculture a priority in Raleigh. First up: NC State Senator Lisa Stone Barnes of Senate District 11 in Nash and Vance Counties.  Senator Barnes has become one of…

North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission Executive Director Michelle Grainger

September 12, 2026

Friends, This week, we continue our series highlighting the leaders and organizations whose work keeps North Carolina’s farming community strong. Today, we’d like to introduce North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission Executive Director Michelle Grainger.  North Carolina has long been the top sweetpotato-producing state in the nation, and we do not take that for granted. The General…

Honoring Farmers and Farm Families this Labor Day

September 5, 2026

Friends,  Every year on the first Monday of September, we recognize the workers who built this country. Few have shaped it more profoundly than the American farmer. Before the sun comes up and long after most of us have called it a day, farmers are out checking fields, tending livestock, and making sure food reaches…

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