Hope Brooks
BROOKS TAKES TOP STATE HONORS IN AGRICULTURE
Hope Brooks, president of the Midland Valley Young Farmer and Agribusiness Chapter, Graniteville, SC, was recently named State Winner in the Horticulture Awards and Recognition Program of the SC Young Farmer-Agribusiness Association, according to John W. Parris, state director of public affairs with the organization.
“Mrs. Brooks was recognized at the annual conference of the organization in Myrtle Beach where she received a plaque and cash award provided by the SC Nursery and Landscape Association and Jaderloon, Inc.,” Parris said.
In addition to taking top state honors in Horticulture, Mrs. Brooks was named recipient of the Outstanding Agribusiness Award for the Lower-state Region and received a plaque and cash award sponsored by the Pee Dee Federal Savings Bank of Marion and Mullins, SC.
Mrs. Brooks, a production assistant for Layman Wholesale Nurseries located in Trenton, SC, is responsible for ordering all plugs and plant materials, quality control, photographing all finished products for store tagging and supervising crews during production and shipping seasons. She is also responsible for the new purchase order system used to track incoming and on-hand products. The nursery has more than 13 million plants of over 300 varieties on the ground.
Jeremy Brooks, Agricultural Education instructor at Midland Valley High School and Mrs. Brooks’ husband, serves as advisor to the local Young Farmer-Agribusiness Chapter.