Yuma Conservation District will be hosting their 50th Annual Meeting on November 11, 2008. The guest speaker will be President of the National Association of Conservation Districts John Redding. Location and time will be announced soon. 
President, John Redding planting flowers with his granddaughter
John Redding, is a second generation landowner from Monroe, Georgia. Redding’s involvement with districts is vast; he has served as a district supervisor since 1978 and as a Chairman since 1979. He was elected president of the Georgia Association of Conservation Districts in 1996. Redding’s participation at the national level began in 1990 when he was elected to the Board of Directors. He has served on NACD’s Executive Board since 2001 and was elected to national office in 2004. Redding’s commitment to conservation and districts was recognized by his colleagues when he was named the Outstanding Supervisor in Georgia in 2003.
Redding owns a 400-acre farm where he raises cotton, peanuts and pine trees. The cotton and peanuts are irrigated using three wells and a nine-acre pond, all of which are permitted. Conservation practices on his farm include riparian buffers, conservation tillage and grassed water ways.
In addition to his work with districts, Redding has served as the Agency Manager of Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance in Walton County since 1970.
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