Chase Hubbard earned his degree in Sustainable Agriculture from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC and later completed NC State’s Agricultural Leadership Development Program. His career in farm management — including a broad range of crops, livestock, and markets – received widespread local and national recognition for progressive agricultural practices and for mentoring young farmers. Chase’s unique perspectives in agriculture result from deep sector knowledge across many commodities and geography, ranging from Western North Carolina to Latin America and Southeast Asia. In addition to farming full-time, he served as an elected Soil and Water Supervisor, and in appointed leadership roles for local/state agricultural committees and commodity groups. Chase is now covering the emerging hemp industry for The Jacobsen.