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Two farm leaders receive Sussex agriculture award
3:20 p.m., Aug. 15, 2003--Each year the University of Delaware presents the Sussex County Outstanding Service to Agriculture award in recognition and appreciation of devoted service and outstanding contributions to agriculture in Sussex County, the state of Delaware and Delmarva.
This year, two longtime farmersV. George Carey and Charles P. West Sr.were recognized Aug. 13 at Farm and Home Field Day, in ceremonies held at UDs Research and Education Center near Georgetown.
Born in Milford in 1928, Carey has lived and farmed in Sussex Country all of his life. He is the third generation to run the family businessCarey Farms Inc., on which vegetables and grain are grown. Careys two sons now manage the farm operation.
Carey is the former chair of the Milford Southern States board of directors, and a former member of the Delmarva Poultry Industry, the Delaware Farm Bureau and Delaware Gov. Pete Du Ponts Commission for Land Preservation.
Elected to the state legislature in 1984, Carey has been chair of the House Natural Resources and Environmental Control Committee, vice chair of the House Agriculture Committee, a member of Hazardous Waste Management, a member of the State Commission for Preservation of Farm Land and the Environmental Legacy and co-chair of the Delaware River and Bay Oversight Committee.
West was born in Gumboro in 1921 on his family farm, Cypress Tree Farms Inc., which has been in operation for 165 years. A member of the Sussex County and Delaware Farm Bureaus, West has been honored by both organizations for distinguished service to agriculture. He also represented his district in the Delaware General Assembly for 26 years, and served on the agriculture, natural resources and joint finance committees in the House of Representatives. For his work to help preserve the Great Cypress Swamp, West was one of the first recipients of an honorary lifetime membership in the Lower Sussex Sportsmans Association.
Although retired from farming, West remains involved in agricultural issues. He currently is pursuing a plan with the Delawares Division of Fish and Wildlife to implement a program to reduce crop damage by regulating the whitetail deer population.
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