Grace, Grit & Lipstick

Shelby Watson-Hampton is a farm girl, columnist for the Lancaster Farming Newspaper and American Agriculturist, and active member of the agricultural community. Shelby is a graduate of the College of Agricultural & Natural Resources at the University of Maryland and a LEAD Maryland Fellow. She also served on the National Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation from March 2019 - March 2021. Additionally, she is among eight prominent voices in the U.S. food and agriculture sectors in March 2022 to join Solutions from the Land, an agricultural non-profit that proactively engages United Nations agencies and conventions on Climate Smart Agriculture, and that works towards providing farmer input on achieving the UN's global sustainable development goals (SDGs). Shelby lives the farmed life in Southern Maryland with her husband, son, a bevvy of four legged creatures and their extended families.