It has been a year since Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) announced the creation of the Kentucky Farmland Transition Initiative (KFTI) to help get us on a sustainable path to ensure our farmland remains in agricultural production.

There is likely no more exciting time for sports enthusiasts than basketball season in March.

As the planting season begins in earnest, farm families across the state are hard at work preparing for what they hope is a productive season including Kentucky Farm Bureau’s (KFB) Farm Woman of the Year (FWOY) Kori Thomas and her husband, Micah.

One year ago, the Kentucky Farmland Transition Initiative (KFTI) was launched by the Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) to address the loss of the state’s farmland.

When I moved to Kentucky a couple years ago, people often asked two questions: (1) “Where are you moving from?”, and (2) “What do you do?”

Candid Conversation presents a question-and-answer discussion about the topical issues related to Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) priorities, the agricultural industry, and rural communities. In this edition, Fran McCall, KFB Federation Commodity Specialist, and Certified Farm Market (CFM) Program Coordinator discusses the program, its history, and the growth the CFM program is experiencing.

While Kentucky Farm Bureau brings large numbers of members to the nation’s capital every year to hear from and speak with the state’s congressional delegation, having the honor of testifying before a committee of the U.S. Congress brings an unprecedented opportunity to advocate on behalf of local farm families.