NC Vegetable Growers Association NC Vegetable Growers Association

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

Randall Patterson
Patterson Farm, Inc.
3060 Millbridge Road
China Grove, NC 28023
Phone: 704-201-6851
Curtis Smith
TC Smith Produce Farm, Inc.
464 Smith-Grady Road
Seven Springs, NC 28578
Phone: 252-569-7011
Tommy Winston
Valley Hill Farms
2074 Winston Road
Oxford, NC 27565
Phone: 919-693-5611

Board of Directors

Taylor Brock
Warren Farming Company
596 Blake Road
Newton Grove, NC 28366
Phone: 919-738-0507
Wesley Boles
Busy B’s
1175 Canterberry Farm
Westfield, NC 27052
Phone: 226-618-0719
Chris Pierce
Pierce’s Greenhouse Plants
674 Lassiter Road
Princeton, NC 27569
Phone: 919-929-5763
Tracy Pope
Pope & Son
1812 Mt Moriah Church Rd
Clinton, NC 28328
Phone: 910-590-6473
Jon Raiford
Raiford Farms
5145 NC Highway 111 S
Seven Springs, NC 28578
Phone: 919-222-7184
Matt Rudd
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