Rena Johnson (second from right), Highland Dairy Farm manager, at AWARD leadership program in Gettysburg, Pa., with fellow participants and Christy Seyfert, president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council.
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Rena Johnson, Highland Dairy Farm manager, at AWARD leadership program in Gettysburg, Pa., with fellow participants and Christy Seyfert, president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council.
This summer, Rena Johnson, dairy farmer and manager at Highland Dairy Farm and a prominent agricultural leader in Southwest Virginia, joined a cohort of 40 Farm Credit members, employees and directors for the Advancing Women in Agriculture through Resilience & Distinction (AWARD) program — a leadership development experience held on the historic grounds of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and launched in honor of the International Year of the Woman Farmer.
Last Friday, students and staff were treated to hamburgers made with local beef as two farms helped Smyth County celebrate Farm to School Week.
Rena Johnson (second from right), Highland Dairy Farm manager, at AWARD leadership program in Gettysburg, Pa., with fellow participants and Christy Seyfert, president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council.
Rena Johnson, Highland Dairy Farm manager, at AWARD leadership program in Gettysburg, Pa., with fellow participants and Christy Seyfert, president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council.
