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Mike Teets Files for Ag Commissioner; Pledges Fresh Ideas, New Direction
Press Release - January 24, 2012
Lost River, WV - Mike Teets of Lost River, WV, filed today for the position of West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture. Currently, Teets is the only Republican to announce for commissioner, a position held for nearly half-a-century by retiring Democrat Gus R. Douglass. The primary election is May 8 with the general election to follow on Nov. 6.
A lifelong farmer, Teets started his own farm in 1973. Today, he and his son, Matthew, are partners in Teets Farms. In addition to farming, he has served as a county commissioner for 15 years in Hardy County, West Virginia’ largest agricultural county.
Teets Knows Where Food Comes From
Letter to the Editor - November 21, 2011
A few years ago I sat across from Mike Teets at an event in Charleston.
Before we began our meal, he asked our permission to ask a blessing for the food that we had been served.
When someone commented, he simply said: "How could we take for granted the food that we have to eat, and the farmers who work their hearts out to bring forward our bread and butter?
And that is one of the things he prayed about.
I was happy to learn he is running for agriculture commissioner.
Alice Click
Mount Alto, WV
