Trying to land a last laugh during her closing remarks at a public forum for Alabama Ag Commissioner candidates in Auburn yesterday, Christina McInnis took a turn into a cornfield.
McInnis was speaking about the ‘next generation’ of farming and family, and tied it to the story of her own parents’ early economic struggles.
“My parents in 1979 lived in a single wide trailer in Alberta, Alabama. They rubbed pennies together to be a farmer,” she said.
They were so proud of that. They were the fourth generation. They had Angela. Hurricane Frederick came through. They couldn’t withstand the single wide trailer. So, they went to my grandmother’s house…
My parents were homeless because their single wide trailer got wiped out in hurricane Frederick. They had no home to their name.
The bank wouldn’t lend them any money for a mortgage – and they thought it was a good idea to create Christina in the cornfield that day — and here I am.”
McInnis is a Baldwin County native and indeed a fifth-generation farmer.
She announced her campaign for Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries last March.
Also in the race, and alongside her yesterday for the cornfield revelation, are South Alabama farmer and State Sen. Jack Williams (R-Wilmer) and Corey Hill, who is currently the mayor of Douglas, Alabama.
As current Ag Commissioner Rick Pate is term limited from running again, the GOP primary will be held on May 19.
Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.
