Cumberland County Farm Bureau Women hold an essay contest annually for county wide 5th grade students as part of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s statewide contest. The theme for this year’s contest was “Why is Agriculture Important?”
The first-place winner of this year’s contest was Abigail Brownfield who attends Brown Elementary. Abigails’s winning essay was submitted to the Tennessee Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s State Contest.
Placing second was Pleasant Hill Elementary student Mae Matthews and third place went to Ava Claire Dukes from Stone Elementary.
The Cumberland County Farm Bureau Women appreciate all the students who participated in the contest as well as all the school staff that assisted with the contest.
(Photos submitted by the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District. Pictured (from left) are Cumberland County Farm Bureau Women’s Chair Lynn Carey, first place winner Abigail Brownfield and Brown Elementary School Principal Stephanie Speich.)
Mae Mathews from Pleasant Hill Elementary
Ava Claire Dukes from Stone Elementary
