2025 – 2026 NCVGA Officers
President
Garrett Howell
Howell Farming Company
106 J and L Drive
Goldsboro, NC 27530
Phone: 919-738-3050
1st Vice President
Cody Waters
Conquest Insurance
577 Myers Road
Rocky Mount, NC 27801
Phone: 252-903-0217
Chairman of the Board
Rob Glover
Rob Glover Farming Company
10618 Liles Road
Bailey, NC 27807
Phone: 252-205-4054
Executive Director
Cathy Horton
PO Box 158
Angier, NC 27501
Phone: 919-413-9544
Fax: 984-480-2002
Executive Council
Patterson Farm, Inc.
3060 Millbridge Road
China Grove, NC 28023
Phone: 704-201-6851
TC Smith Produce Farm, Inc.
464 Smith-Grady Road
Seven Springs, NC 28578
Phone: 252-569-7011
Valley Hill Farms
2074 Winston Road
Oxford, NC 27565
Phone: 919-693-5611
Board of Directors
Warren Farming Company
596 Blake Road
Newton Grove, NC 28366
Phone: 919-738-0507
Busy B’s
1175 Canterberry Farm
Westfield, NC 27052
Phone: 226-618-0719
Pierce’s Greenhouse Plants
674 Lassiter Road
Princeton, NC 27569
Phone: 919-929-5763
Pope & Son
1812 Mt Moriah Church Rd
Clinton, NC 28328
Phone: 910-590-6473
Raiford Farms
5145 NC Highway 111 S
Seven Springs, NC 28578
Phone: 919-222-7184
Rudd Farms
4021 Hicone Road
Greensboro, NC 27405
Phone: 336-362-5887
Expo Chairman
Chad Howell
Pivot Bio
1040 No Am Road
Pikeville, NC 27863
Phone: 252-289-8473
Industry Advisors
Gentry Minshew
Getsco
10791 E. Finch Ave.
Middlesex, NC 27557
Mobile: 919-920-2410
Anna Young
Seedway
P.O. Box 250, 1734 Railroad Place
Hall, NY 14463
Mobile: 82-775-7823
annyoung@seedway.com
JM Dickens
Triangle Risk Advisors
222 N Bickett Blvd
Louisburg, NC 27549
Phone: 919-496-2239
jm@triangleinsurance.com
NCDA&CS Marketing Specialist
Kevin Hardison
NC Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
1020 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
Office: 919-707-3123
Fax: 919-715-0155
Mobile: 919-218-2156
NCSU Advisor/Expo Program Chairman
Erin R. Eure
Area Specialized Agent - Commercial Fruits & Vegetables, Northeast Region, NC State Extension
112 Court St./PO Box 46
Gatesville, NC 27938
Phone: (252) 357-1400
NCSU Extension Advisor/Expo Program Chairman
Allan Thornton
369 Rowan Road
Clinton, NC 28328
Phone: 910-592-7161
Fax: 910-592-9513
NC Farm Bureau Advisor
Ashley Thomas
Specialty Crops Director, NC Farm Bureau
PO Box 27766
Raleigh, NC 27611
Office: (919) 334-2977
Mobile: (336) 504-0083