Orangeburg County residents Brandy McRae, left, and Eden Graves were among a select group of high school juniors and seniors from around the state who recently participated in the 2008 South Carolina Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Conference.

 

The annual SCFB conference was held on the campus of Columbia College and featured a number of workshops that focused on developing leadership, team building and legislative involvement along with programs that built understanding and awareness of agriculture.

 

According to SCFB Women’s Program Coordinator Faith Lawrimore, “Today’s youths have a greater opportunity to succeed than the generations before them. They have more knowledge and information at their disposal and have higher degrees of technology at their fingertips. This conference is designed to entice participants to learn about the many opportunities in agriculture while enhancing their leadership skills.”

 

Lawrimore added, “They can be the new blood of agriculture keeping South Carolina’s agricultural industry a vital part of the state’s economy.”

 

The conference was coordinated with the assistance of state and county Farm Bureau Women’s Committees, who, in addition to working with this event, sponsor a variety of other educational and promotional programs each year.

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