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Spotlight: Michael Everhart

From an early age, Michael Everhart, has wanted to carry out his passion for agriculture and to be a farmer.
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Spotlight: Justin & Holly Miller

“Farm Credit helped us as beginning farmers with limited resources to establish some of the infrastructure we needed to get started," say the Millers of Cherry Hill Farm.
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Spotlight: Pat Gaskin

Pat is the owner of Laurel Springs Nursery in Laurel Springs, North Carolina. For over 40 years, the farm has grown Christmas trees.
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Spotlight: Stoney Ridge Farm

While farming can be long days and often without a lot of interaction, this U.S. Air Force veteran has found a way to invite people onto his farm through videos.
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Spotlight: Kathleen Deringer

Kathleen Deringer’s country mortgage made a dream come true. “It’s been a lifelong dream to have a house on land where I could have my horses right behind me.”
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Spotlight: Oak Valley Sawmill

Michael Wang and Jimmy Li of Charlotte North Carolina, own and operate 9 sawmills and kilns across the Southeast, including several in North Carolina.
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Spotlight: North River Farms

Jason Davis of North River Farms in Mills River, North Carolina, has packed a lot into 20 years of farming.
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Spotlight: Jeff Crotts

Nestled in the foothills of North Carolina sits Knob Creek Orchard, owned and operated by Jeff Crotts.
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Spotlight: Amy Howard

The Howard Family has been working with Farm Credit from the very beginning. “If it wasn’t for Farm Credit, things wouldn’t get planted in the field every year."
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Spotlight: Amy Ager

Hickory Nut Gap Farm has grown to feature a restaurant, catering, and a retail store and meat shop all on their farm in Fairview. Amy Ager is the co-owner.
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Spotlight: Patterson Farms

This fourth generation family farm teems with both family members and workers who oversee a plethora of agritourism activities with a thriving produce operation.
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Spotlight: Mountain Brook Vineyards

The vineyard is part of the Redgrave’s 75-acre property that is nestled in the popular western North Carolina tourist region and near the Tryon International Equestrian Center. 
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Spotlight: Luke Weavil

Luke Weavil is co-owner of Weavil Farms in Kernersville, North Carolina, where he farms with his father Tim and brother Jake.
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Spotlight: Dr. Amanda Whitener

The cattle initially sparked her interest in agriculture; however, she says the farmers inspired her passion for the dairy industry.
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Spotlight: Alan Smith

Armed with the opportunity and the drive to succeed, Alan Smith took over his family farm in 1972.
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