Tuesday, December 3 - Farmer-to-Farmer: Solar Energy on the Electrical Grid Workshop (8:30 AM - 9:30 AM)

Steven Hart is a producer and board member of Rockbridge County Farm Bureau. His family operates Hart-Land Farm, which provides beef, lamb, pork and baked goods. He previously served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and taught civil engineering at West Point and the Virginia Military Institute, where he introduced infrastructure engineering courses. He has been a Virginia registered professional engineer since 1993.

Tuesday, December 3 - Maximizing Your Convention Experience/Voting Delegate Orientation (10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Martha Moore is senior vice president of governmental relations for Virginia Farm Bureau Federation. Her responsibilities include managing Farm Bureau’s overall lobbying efforts at the local, state and national levels and handling issues related to the environment, forestry, land grant institutions and education, as well as any budget issues. Moore grew up on a farm in Pittsylvania County, which she now owns.

*Voting Delegates should bring their handbooks

Tuesday, December 3 - Farm to Table Luncheon (11:45 AM - 1:30 PM)

Zippy Duvall is president of American Farm Bureau Federation. Duvall helped shape the 2018 Farm Bill and is working to ensure the 2023 Farm Bill effectively supports farmers and ranchers. He is a National 4-H founding luminary and served as Georgia Farm Bureau president and AFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee chair. He and his son operate a beef cow herd, raise broiler chickens and grow hay while restoring their 90-year-old family farm. 

Wednesday, December 4 - Fellowship Luncheon (11:45 AM - 1:15 PM)

Lisa Smartt Lisa Smartt is a motivational speaker, author and columnist who loves to share her personal weaknesses, struggles and the joy of daily living with others. She lives on 16 wooded acres on the outskirts of Dresden, Tennessee, travels nationally as a motivational humorist and writes a weekly newspaper column called, “The Smartt View.” She published her first book in 2007 titled, The Smartt View: Life, Love, and Cluttered Closets.