Agriculture + Lifestyle

GFB women in action

by Heather King
Women's Leadership Programs Coordinator

Posted on May 23, 2026 12:10 PM

Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) Women’s Leadership Committee (WLC) members have been busy learning and leading in 2026. Committee members have been planning district meetings that started in April and will continue into the fall.

Group of seven women making flower arrangements,

GFB WLC District 4 Chair Della Fowler, above, left side of table, of Greene County, hosted her district’s meeting April 8 in Madison. Attendees participated in a floral arrangement workshop at Morgan County High School led by ag teachers Rachel Kinsaul and Erin Pringle. They also visited Rock House Creamery where they learned about dairy farming. Kinsaul, the 2026 Georgia Teacher of the Year (TOY), shared her TOY journey during lunch at Farmview Market. She is the first ag educator to be awarded the Georgia title. /Photo by Heather King

Group of eleven women stand behind two wagons filled with flowers. A cute beagle dog sits in front of the wagons.

GFB WLC District 7 Chair Whitney Sheppard, of Screven County, hosted her meeting at Rahn’s Greenhouses & Nursery in Springfield on April 10. Attendees toured the greenhouses, heard from the women who own and operate the greenhouse, and finished up with an advocacy lunch and learn at District Square Food Hall. /Photo by Christie Montford

Carol McQueen, GFB WLC District 3 chair of Henry County, held her meeting in Mansfield at Love is Love Farm, May 28. Anna Strickland, GFB WLC District 2 chair of Madison County, held her meeting at the Stephens County Ag Center in Eastanollee, June 10. GFB WLC State Chair Romy Strickland, of Spalding County, held the District 5 meeting in Griffin at the UGA Griffin Campus & Gardens on June 11.

Each Women’s Leadership district meeting will feature an advocacy focus, as well as fellowship and networking. If your GFB district meeting isn’t listed above and you’re interested in attending it, reach out to your county Farm Bureau office manager to let them know and look for announcements on the Friends of Georgia Farm Bureau Facebook group page.

Two young smiling ladies hold diapers they are packing for a service project.

During the GFB Women in Ag Summit held in March, GFB members sorted and wrapped 16,750 diapers that will be distributed to 670 families through the Over the Moon Diaper Bank. /Photo by Logan Thomas

GFB women are always looking for ways to give back to their local communities. County Farm Bureaus and volunteers donated snacks and funds toward pallets of diapers for two service projects during the opening session of the GFB Women in Ag Summit. Attendees spent the afternoon of March 19 assembling 850 snack bags for families who will stay at the Savannah Ronald McDonald House. They also sorted and wrapped 16,750 diapers that will be distributed to 670 families through the Over the Moon Diaper Bank that serves 24 Georgia counties located in GFB’s 6th, 7th and 10th Districts.

Georgia Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Programs Coordinator Heather King may be reached at hcking@gfb.org or 478-474-0679, ext. 5232. Contact your county Farm Bureau if you’d like to volunteer with your local Women’s Leadership Committee.