Tazewell County cattle producer Emily F. Edmondson of Chilhowie was recognized Jan. 30 for 15 years of service on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

VFBF President Wayne F. Pryor presented an award to Edmondson at a Farm Bureau board meeting in Richmond.

As the organization’s District 1 director, Edmondson represents Farm Bureau producer members in Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell and Wise counties.

Edmondson chairs the VFBF Livestock Advisory Committee and is a member of the organization’s Membership Services Advisory Committee.

She owns and operates Fisher Cove Farm LLC with her son, John Fisher. She has served on the Tazewell County Farm Bureau board of directors and is a past president of the county board.

She is a board member of the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture, Innovation and Rural Sustainability and served on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation AgPAC board of trustees from 2003 to 2005. Additionally, she serves as an associate minister for the Appalachian Alliance of Episcopal Churches and is a past chair and past board member of the Historic Crab Orchard Museum.

Edmondson is married to Keith Everett Edmondson, who owns and operates a farm in Washington County. She has a son who farms with her and a daughter who is a large animal veterinarian.

With almost 135,000 members in 88 county Farm Bureaus, VFBF is Virginia’s largest farmers’ advocacy group. Farm Bureau is a non-governmental, nonpartisan, voluntary organization committed to supporting Virginia’s agriculture industry.