[caption id="attachment_26770" align="alignright" width="300"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/COMMUNITY-Beaufort.Women-2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-26770" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/COMMUNITY-Beaufort.Women-2-300x286.jpg" alt="Ann Ackerman (left), Beaufort County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee Chair, received a special achievement award on behalf of Beaufort County from SCFB State Women’s Leadership Committee Chair Frances Price during the organization’s 72nd Annual Meeting held recently in Myrtle Beach." width="300" height="286" /></a> Ann Ackerman (left), Beaufort County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee Chair, received a special achievement award on behalf of Beaufort County from SCFB State Women’s Leadership Committee Chair Frances Price during the organization’s 72nd Annual Meeting held recently in Myrtle Beach.[/caption]

Ann Ackerman, Beaufort County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee Chair, received a special achievement award on behalf of Beaufort County from SCFB State Women’s Leadership Committee Chair Frances Price during the organization’s 72nd Annual Meeting held recently in Myrtle Beach.

Beaufort County was recognized for having one of the top Farm Bureau women’s programs in the state during 2015.

South Carolina Farm Bureau is a grassroots, non-profit organization celebrating and supporting family farmers, locally grown food, and our rural lands through legislative advocacy, education, and community outreach. By connecting farmers to the larger community, Farm Bureau cultivates understanding about agriculture’s importance to South Carolina’s local economies.