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| Members of Cohort VII of the Southern University Ag Center's Regional Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Institute received certificates of completion during a graduation ceremony on August 16. |
Baton Rouge, La. – Fourteen small farmers
from seven states received certificates of completion during a graduation ceremony
for Cohort VII of the SU Ag Center’s Regional Small Farmer Agricultural
Leadership Institute.
The ceremony was held on Friday, August 16
in the Cotillion Ballroom of Southern University’s Smith-Brown Memorial Student
Union.
Fourteen participants from Louisiana,
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, Texas and Ohio received certificates
of completion from the year-long course.
Dawn Mellion Patin, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor
for Extension and Outreach at the SU Ag Center, served as the keynote speaker
for the ceremony. During her presentation, Patin discussed how the leadership
institute was developed and encouraged the graduates to help other small
farmers.
“We expect you to share what you have
learned in conversations with aspiring small farmers,” said Patin. “We expect
you to host field days, workshops, and pasture walks so others can see what you
are doing,” she added.
The Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership
Institute is a one year course designed to guides small, limited-resource and
minority farmers through the process of becoming more competitive agricultural
entrepreneurs.
The overriding goal of the Institute is to
promote small and family farm sustainability through enhanced business
management skills, leadership development and the utilization of United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services.
The Cohort VII regional graduates of the
Regional Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Institute are:
Anthony Barwick, Ohio; Kay Bell, Texas; Keisha
Cameron, Ga.; Mark Chandler, Va.; Debora Coleman, Miss.; Felton DeRouen, II, La.;
Hilery “Tony” Gobert, Ga.; Royce Martin, Ala.; Lennora Pierrot, Ala.; Gregory
Smith, La.; Brad Spencer, Miss.; Joy Womack, La.; Virgil Womack, La.; and
Oliver Whitehead, Va.
For additional information about the SU Ag
Center’s Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Institute, contact Zanetta
Augustine at 225-771-2591 or visit the Institute's webpage at http://www.suagcenter.com/page/small-farmers.
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