Letter from the Editor The month of thankfulness, family and food has finally arrived! It’s hard to believe the holidays are here already, but I’m thankful for how far we’ve come from this time last year and look forward to spending them with family. In this issue, Jade, Jessie, Mary and I are happy to share more of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes with you. We hope you will try them out at your Thanksgiving meal, along with an Alabama sweet potato. This year the sweet potato was officially named Alabama’s State Vegetable and we’re highlighting Penry Farms, an operation that has been farming sweet potatoes in Alabama since 1953. We’re also proud to share stories from our regulars and highlight a few new additions on the next page! This is the first issue without Tony Glover and Magic of Gardening. Tony has retired and we wish him nothing but the best! We’re happy to say that the column is sticking around with a new writer – Bethany O’Rear. We are excited to announce that in 2022, Cooperative Farming News will become a 6-issue publication. Over the years, our goal has been to bring you the best down to earth news and we feel this change is the next step in continuing that goal. As Alabama Farmers Cooperative grows, we strive to do the same – to tell our story and fulfill our vision to be a relationship driven partner integrating vital resources to ensure our members/farmers success. We are proud to host new contributors bringing a wealth of information on different sectors of the agriculture industry, along with those from within our own company. We hope you’ll share in our excitement as we make this change and remain your source for quality information. We look forward to the future of this publication with you soon. Thank you for being a loyal reader, customer, and part of the AFC family.
Samantha Hendricks Editor-in-Chief
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