Marketing, Promotion, and Advertising
Estimating Profits
Preparing Your Product/Standardizing Recipes
Keeping Written Records
Packaging and Labeling Your Product
Images of America: Please join the Marion County Historical Society to celebrate the unveiling of our new book, Images of America. Treasured photos provide a look back into history, featuring people with a strong independent spirit. Pictures are prior to 1960. To purchase a copy contact a member of the Historical Society.
Alabama Home Cargiver-Caring For Caregivers: A training program for adults who provide care for family members or others with serious illness or disabilities. The program will be July 13th, 15th, & 17th at the Bevill State Community College, Hamilton Campus Nursing Department Building from 8:00 - 12:30 p.m. Pre-register by July 1st by calling 205-921-3551. Each participant will receive a Home Caregivers Handbook and a t-shirt.
Alabama Grazing School: Special course for beef cattle and small ruminants. The course will take place at the Upper Coastal Plains Research Station in Winfield, AL on August 14, 2009 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. For any questions or more information including registration please contact Ilana Stover, REA at 205-487-0559 (office) or 205-442-1743 cell.
Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition 2009: Whether you are a large acreage production farmer or a weekend lifestyle farmer the Expo is an event you don't want to miss. The Expo's unique site has 100 acres of exhibit area adjoining a 600-acre working research farm. For more information on the Expo click here.
Know It & Grow It Hotline Is Now Available
You can reach experts in the field of horticulture with questions related to vegetables, flowers, lawns, shrubs, trees, insects, diseases, soil, fertilizer, and anything related to growing and gardening in the Alabama climate.
The Hotline is open Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Call: 1-877-252-4769
About Marion County
Marion county was originally part of the Chickasaw Indian Nation. It was named for Gen. Frances Marion, the "swamp fox" of Revolutionary War fame. The county covers 743 square miles, but was once larger, containing all of what is now Lamar county, until 1866. Andrew Jackson's Old Military Road runs from Columbiana, Tenn., through Marion County, to Columbus, Miss.
In 1830, Marion County's population was 4,000. Today, approximately 30,000 people live in the rural county. Ninety-six percent of the population is white, 3.4 percent is black and .6 percent are hispanic or other. There are 15 educational outlets in the county. The majority of the county residents have at least completed 10th grade.
Timber, cattle, soybeans, and corn are the major agricultural crops grown in Marion County. Major industries include mobile homes, tapered roller bearings, reflective products, conveyor systems and furniture. Bear Creek Lake, Mule Day in Winfield and the Sam Murphy Wildlife Management Area attract tourists to Marion County.
The Marion County Extension Office has three full-time and 2 part-time employees and about 325 volunteers who help with various programs. Some of the more popular Extension programs in the county include TGIF, Nutrition Education Program, Crisis Intervention, Parenting Classes, Master Cattle Producers, and the Master Gardening program. More than 900 youth are involved in 4-H.
