Candidate for West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner in 2024 West Virginia General Election.
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Get StartedIf elected, I am going to organize a “farmers council” made up of two representatives from every county that would meet quarterly to address the policy, regulatory, education/awareness and legislative elements that need to be utilized to bring about more opportunities for West Virginians to support West Virginia farmers. Learn more
If elected, I will work with federal partners, our state’s education officials and our wonderful public-school educators to build on the successes of 4-H and FFA, enhance the ag curricula in this state so that, as some farmers advised, young people are introduced earlier to the science, art, craft and entrepreneurship dimensions of agriculture. Learn more
I would also investigate the mechanisms by which farmers – who often are forced to sell to developers in order to have some kind of retirement nest egg – could be compensated for the ecological goods and services they are providing their communities, so that this support, and support for conservation easements and the like, can ensure that farmers can have dignified retirements while also seeing their farms purchased and farmed successfully by the next generation of farmers. Learn more
If elected, I would serve on the state’s farmland protection board, and work to assist counties to establish their own farmland protection boards. Learn more
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