Harlan County Roadside Farm Market
Harlan County Farm Bureau’s president and Young Farmer Committee toured the Apple Tree Farm in Cumberland, KY. It is Harlan County’s new official KYFB Roadside Farm Market. The Apple Tree grows a large variety of apples, including the Honey Crisp, Scarlet Gala, Winesap, Empress Gold, Mollies Delicious, Ginger Gold, Jonamac, Suncrisp and the Ida Red. They sell the apples to Harlan, Perry, Knott and Letcher County School and also to Food City which distributes them out of all their stores. The rest of the apples are sold at their market. The Apple Tree’s phone number is 606-589-5735.
KFB Spotlight
- Mark Haney to Finish His Tenure as Kentucky Farm Bureau President after Fifteen Years
- September 21, 2023
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Mark Haney announced today that he is stepping away from his role as president of Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) in December. Haney is the longest serving president in the organization’s history.
- Farmer Appreciation Day Honors Farmers, Their Occupation
- September 20, 2023
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Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles honored Kentucky’s farmers and proclaimed Sept.17-23 as Farm Safety and Health Week in Kentucky at a Farmer’s Appreciation and Awards Day on the Capitol Lawn Wednesday.
- Making the Case for Crop Insurance
- September 18, 2023
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Pilot Oak, Kentucky is a very small community in southern Graves County. And while it may seem like a different world there from the hustle and bustle of Washington, D.C., the looming deadline to pass the next Farm Bill draws the two places closer than ever as farm families in this community and thousands of others advocate for programs contained in this legislation.