College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Small Farms Week

Here Comes Small Farms Week 2025!

This year's theme, NexT Gen Agriculture, highlights the technologies and innovations that are reshaping modern agriculture - along with the strategies growers need to be successful.

Congratulations, 2024 Small Farmers of the Year!

Small farmers of the year standing with a group of university officials holding giant checks
N.C. Cooperative Extension named Patrick Brown of Brown Family Farms in Warren Co. and James Hartman of Secret Garden Bees in Cumberland Co. as Small Farmers of the Year, part of the 38th annual Small Farms Week, held March 24-30 through N.C. A&T Extension. From left: Chancellor Harold L. Martin, Sr.; Patrick Brown, with wife Aleah Brown and son Clayton Brown; James Hartman; Interim Dean Shirley Hymon-Parker and N.C. A&T Extension Administrator M. Ray McKinnie made the presentation.

Each year, Small Farms Week highlights the programs and activities conducted by  Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University that support limited-resource, small-scale, part-time, and alternative-enterprise farmers.

Grow Small Farms Week! Your Donation Support:

A group of individuals sitting behind a blue table giving a question and answer session
KICKOFF EVENT
launching the week’s activities, beginning with a luncheon in the home county of the
preceding year’s Small Farmer of the Year.
A group of people sitting around a table.
EDUCATIONAL FORUMS
N.C. A&T providing educational outreach for small farmers.
Individuals sitting at a table laughing and enjoying themselves over good food and companionship
SMALL FARMERS’ APPRECIATION LUNCHEON
honoring small farmers, including the Small Farmer of the Year.

Sponsorship is available at various levels. See below for details on how we can work together:

You'll get:

  • 16 VIP Tickets
  • Name on the Program
  • Social Media
  • Sponsorship noted on the website
  • 2 tables at the appreciation luncheon (16 people)
  • Name on sponsor board

You'll get:

  • 8 VIP Tickets
  • Name on the Program
  • Social Media
  • Sponsorship noted on the website
  • 1 table at the appreciation luncheon (8 people)
  • Name on sponsor board

You'll get:

  • 6 VIP Tickets
  • Name on Program
  • Social Media
  • Sponsorship noted on the website
  • 6 seats at the appreciation luncheon
  • Name on sponsor board

You'll get:

  • 4 VIP Tickets
  • Name on Program
  • Sponsorship noted on the website
  • 4 seats at the appreciation luncheon
  • Name on sponsor board

You'll get:

  • 2 VIP Tickets
  • Name on Program
  • Sponsorship noted on the website
  • 2 seats at the appreciation luncheon
  • Name on sponsor board

You'll get:

  • 1 VIP Tickets
  • Name on Program
  • Sponsorship noted on the website
  • 1 seat at the appreciation luncheon

Sponsors

Platinum
$10,000 and up
Gold
$5,000 - $9,999
Silver
$2,500 - $4,999
Platinum ($10,000 and up):  
Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center Logo
Gold ($5,000 - $9,999):  
North Carolina Farm Bureau Logo John Deere Logo
Silver ($2,500 - $4,999):  
Syngenta Logo Southern Sare Logo Ag South Farm Credit Logo North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation Logo BASF Logo
Bronze
$1,000 - $2,499
Friends
$500 - $999
Supporters
$100 - $499
Bronze ($1,000 - $2,499):  
  • Dr. M. Ray Mckinnie
  • Dr. Fletcher Barber and Dr. Rosalind Renee Barber
  • NC Soybeans Producers
  • Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
  • Corn Growers Association of North Carolina, Inc.
  • Mrs. Veronica Godfrey-Robinson
Friends ($500 - $999):  
  • Dr. Mark Blevins
  • Dr. Rosalind Dale
  • Mr. Eugene Parker
  • Dr. Velma Speight-Buford
  • Ms. Deborah Womack
Supporters ($100 - $499):  
  • Mrs. Bernadette Smith-Murray
  • Mrs. Valerie Diggs
  • Ms. Cynthia Knudson
  • Ms. Lin Zhao
  • Mr. Larry Atkinson
  • Dr. Mark Blevins
  • N.C. Bioenergy Research Initiative and New & Emerging Crops Program
  • Cierra Publishing Co.
 

Give a Gift

https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/28065/donations

Be sure to choose the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in the Designation field of the form!

Small Farmer of the Year

Wayne County Growers are 2023 Small Farmers of the Year 

Small Farmer of the Year's Impact