The 2023 recipient of the J. Frank Gordy Delmarva Distinguished Citizen Award is Virgil Shockley, a Snow Hill, Md. chicken grower who has consistently, relentlessly advocated at the highest levels in Maryland politics for chicken growers, farmers, and Eastern Shore communities. Born in 1953, Shockley has more than 50 years of farming experience, and he is a longtime member of Delmarva Chicken Association and the Worcester County Farm Bureau. Shockley also advocated for growers and farmers during the development of Maryland’s Phosphorus Management Tool as a representative on the committee that studied the PMT. He’s one of six investors in Burnish Beer Company, a craft brewery which opened in October 2021. He and his wife, Jeanne, live on their family farm and continue to raise chickens there for Tyson Foods.
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