Alabama Farmers Lobby Washington

Wednesday, Mar 05, 2008 - 07:02 PM


By Amy Dominello

WASHINGTON – Mitch Lazenby’s farm in Auburn, Ala., is a long way – about 750 miles -- from the nation’s capital.

But Lazenby made the trip to bring a little bit of his world to Capitol Hill Wednesday.

Lazenby is among 230 members of the Alabama Farmers Federation in Washington this week to get updates on federal agriculture policy and lobby their congressmen and federal officials on issues that matter to them.

“I think they sometimes need to put a face with the name,â€