Your host, Greg Lewis talks to Jeff Aiken, President Tennessee Farm Bureau, on the future of the family farm and what the Tennessee Farm Bureau is doing to support farmers in Tennessee and across the nation. Mr. Aiken and his wife, Carol, own a multigenerational family farm located near Telford, in East Tennessee, in addition to his responsibilities as President of the Tennessee Farm Bureau, the largest state Farm Bureau in the nation, located in Columbia, Tennessee.

Chris is a 3rd generation member of his family agribusiness located in Wray, Georgia. Started by Chris’ grandfather, Jacob Paulk, Muscadine Products Corporation is an agribusiness enterprise based in the middle of the world’s largest muscadine vineyards.

In today’s episode, I will ask Charles to share: With only 4% of family businesses successfully transitioning to the 4th generation and beyond, what has been his family’s secret to success? With 5 generations there have been a lot of children, grand-children and great-grandchildren. How did the family decide who was and who was not going to join the business?