EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 18, 2026) – When Kimberly Ratcliff traded her successful career in corporate America for jeans, a cowboy hat and life on her family farm in Texas, she saw a large gap between big business and family farms simply working to make ends meet and provide the best agricultural products possible.
Now, her passion involves bridging those gaps by advocating for all farmers and promoting fairness, sustainability and economic opportunity in rural communities.
Ratcliff, who is also CEO of Ratcliff Premium Meats on her family’s legacy Caney Creek Ranch, will talk about her journey from the board room to the fields of East Texas as the keynote speaker for Small Farmer Appreciation Night, one of the highlights of Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Small Farms Week 2026…