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Community gathers for ‘Blessing of the Crops’
Chamber gives first Young Farmer of Year award to James Nevil
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James Nevil, center, accepts the first Young Farmer of the Year award freom his uncle Brent Nevil, right, during the Blessing of the Crops event Friday morning at the Bulloch County Center for Agriculture. - photo by JIM HEALY/staff
More than 125 people came out to the Bulloch County Center for Agriculture Friday morning to pray for a bountiful and safe farming year in 2020, and one young local farmer received an unexpected honor. The “Blessing of the Crops” is an annual event hosted by the Agribusiness Committee of the Statesboro-Bulloch County Chamber of Commerce.
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