Christy Greenwood
Family: Husband, Bill, and 18-year-old daughter Hunter
Hometown: Hackett, Ark.
In Town: “I am a fifth and sixth-grade social studies teacher at Hackett Elementary School in Hackett, Ark., and have worked there for 12 years. Previously I worked for six years as the director of Head Start in Greenwood. My husband Bill has been a programmer for ABB-Baldor for 21 years and is now working on an engineering degree from University of Arkansas in Fort Smith. Our daughter recently began a degree in animal husbandry and reproduction at the same school.”
In the Country: “We purchased 20 acres in 1993 outside of Greenwood and call our place McClellan Farms. Our daughter Hunter was born in 1996 and is the center of our country life. We started her in 4-H when she was very young. Now she is 18 and fully involved in agriculture. Through the years we have raised horses, chickens rabbits, pigs, lambs and cattle, all of which Hunter has shown. The areas of concentration now are rabbits, chickens and pigs. I told Hunter if she was going to raise and show rabbits, she needed to find someone to buy them. We now have 60 rabbits including Mini Rex, Giant Chinchillas, Standard Chinchillas and French Lops which she shows in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Louisiana and sells to our local Atwood’s. We also have chickens which include 13 Barred Rocks, six Americanas, 11 White Leghorn pullets and 50 show broiler hens, in addition to four sows. We sell eggs, although Hunter keeps back some chicks to incubate and sell to individuals. We have Yorkshire and Hampshire sow with one Hampshire boar. We sell piglets to 4-H and FFA members for their projects and for showing. We also have a Maintainer, Shorthorns and Charolais, which we show. Because Hunter knows how to AI both hogs and cattle and does most of her own vet work, she has been hired by a local veterinarian as a technician. Part of living in the country is being involved. I am the James Fork 4-H club leader while Hunter is the president of James Fork 4-H and a member of the Sebastian County 4-H Council.”
Future: “Hunter is buying a house with land so we can expand the farm. As far as I am concerned, I am beginning to approach retirement and am anticipating having more time so I can make livestock production a new focal point in my life.”
