CFC Farm & Home Cooperative Hosts Council’s Annual Meeting
VCC Board members from left: Lucky Graves, Mike Cannon, Adam Shiflet, Mary Howell, Nicole Clem, Lucy Cook, Jennifer Armstrong, Dustin Francis, Jim Robertson and Adam Ford.
Representatives from co-ops across Virginia attended the Virginia Cooperative Council’s 64th Annual Meeting on March 5, hosted by Culpeper Farm & Home Cooperative at its headquarters in Culpeper, Va. VCC Board President Dustin Francis, of Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, led the business meeting for the Council and its charitable foundation. Francis will continue to serve as Virginia Cooperative Council president for the 2026-2027 term, along with Adam Ford, of Rockingham Cooperative, as vice president and Rachel Shupe, of Colonial Farm Credit, as secretary.
Members re-elected Mike Cannon, of CFC Farm & Home, Gerald Anderson, of Fredericksburg Food Cooperative, and Adam Shiflett, of Farm Credit of the Virginias, to three-year terms as directors. Lucy Cook, of Southside Electric Cooperative, had recently been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Katie Frazier, who was appointed by Gov. Spanberger to serve as Virginia Secretary of Agriculture.
Katie Reames, assistant general manager at CFC Farm & Home, provided a keynote address detailing the cooperative’s history and evolution as a leader in Virginia agriculture history. Reames is a 2022 graduate of Virginia Tech’s VALOR program (Virginia Ag Leaders Obtaining Results) and holds certifications from the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists in three areas: beef cattle, dairy and equine. CFC is fast-approaching 100 years in business and offers a variety of services to local farmers, ranchers, 4-H clubs, horse enthusiasts and other community members.
The co-op changed its name to CFC Farm & Home in 2005 to reflect changes in the co-op’s range of products & services, including clothing, house paint and toys as well as many other items for both farm and home.
