Meet Our AgTeam

Frederick County’s agriculture industry is strong and each year Homegrown Frederick highlights many of our farm-to-consumer agriculture businesses. This year we introduce you to two dozen of our Top Under 40 Agricultural Professionals.

The Frederick County Office of Economic Development (FCOED) has its own awesome Homegrown Under 40 Agriculture team that we’re proud to highlight as well.

Meet Katie Stevens, Associate Director of Agriculture Business Development, where her primary focus is to promote agricultural opportunities and assist agricultural businesses. She has played a critical role in supporting Frederick County’s craft beverage businesses and has filled a huge void in connecting farmers to the resources they need to grow and diversify.

Katie has been a leader in the ag community her whole life. She grew up on her family’s dairy farm, went to Virginia Tech majoring in dairy science and worked for the University of Maryland on its dairy farm. She is a member of the Farm Bureau and the chair of Maryland Young Farmers. She is on the board and an active volunteer for the Show Like A Pro Dairy Workshop that helps young kids get into showing cows. She continues to raise her own cows to show and be milked, along with helping her family produce hay, corn, beans and wheat. Katie has also started her own cut flower farm.

Becca Tucker is one of the newest members to the FCOED team. As the Senior Business Development Manager of Agriculture, Becca’s focus is to provide service to farmers starting and expanding their ag businesses and expanding the Homegrown brand while marketing local agriculture producers. You can follow her blogs on the Homegrown Facebook page. She brings a wealth of knowledge with her to the FCOED Ag team, having worked for years with the USDA-Farm Service Agency assisting local farmers with the federal program funding.

Becca’s roots also run deep in Frederick County agriculture, growing up on her family’s dairy farm in Jefferson. Upon graduating from Virginia Tech with a degree in Dairy Science and a minor in Agricultural Applied Economics, she returned as a fifth generation to her family’s farm.

Take time to read through all our Top Under 40 Agricultural Professionals—we think you’ll agree that Frederick’s agricultural future is in good hands.

Katie Stevens and Becca Tucker