Caroline Batcheldor Wins Charles Eastin Award

Melissa Sandfort

Caroline Batcheldor, Phenix City, Ala., has been awarded the second annual Charles Eastin Outstanding Service Award from the National Farm-City Council. The award is presented to an outstanding individual who has contributed to Farm-City activities as an advocate for accurate communications between rural and urban audiences.

The award is in honor of Charles “Charlie” Eastin, DVM, who played a fundamental role in Farm-City activities. A National Farm-City Council board member for many years, Charlie was especially active in planning and initiating Farm-City events in the Lexington, Ky., region.

Batcheldor, retired from dairy farming in Russell County, Ala., has worked tirelessly and relentlessly for the local Farm-City Committee for more than 50 years, recruiting new members and seeing that veteran members are involved each year.

For the past 25 years, she has been directly responsible for arranging the annual Farm-City breakfast. Working with the local Chamber of Commerce, she has helped build the event to between 150-180 participants every year, bringing together local rural and urban citizens to celebrate the value of agriculture to the community. She also organizes the Farm-City Poster and Essay Contest for the annual breakfast, supervising student and teacher involvement and recognition.

Those interested in nominating candidates for the 2013 Charles Eastin Outstanding Service Award can do so by going to the National Farm-City Council website for nomination rules and the application form.

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