2006 Recipient: John McRae

Livestock: Beef

Former tobacco growers, John and Marcella McRae, have used grant funding to renovate a pasture for grass-finished beef production in Graham County. Since the early 1800’s this pasture land has been in Marcella’s family and they hope to keep it in farming for years to come.

John & Marcella McRae

Graham County

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