GEORGETOWN, Del. — Jenny Rhodes of Queen Anne's County, Md., a chicken grower and University of Maryland Extension educator, recently received the J. Frank Gordy Sr. Delmarva Distinguished Citizen Award, the Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc.'s highest honor.
A former DPI president, Rhodes owns and operates with her sons Deerfield Farms LLC, a 110-acre poultry and grain operation.
Rhodes is a member of the Maryland Agricultural Commission, an advisory group to the secretary of agriculture, and has been active in the Queen Anne's Farm Bureau, Foundation for Community Partnerships, the Queen Anne's County Soil Conservation District and. . .