Representative Terry England

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Representative Terry England has spent his entire working life as a farmer and agri-businessman. He and his wife, the former Cindy Casper, are life-long residents of Barrow County and live on a farm that has been in the family since his great-great grandfather came home after the Civil War. Terry and his family operated Pete’s Little Idaho Tater Farm on the farm, specializing in produce. Also, during the fall and winter, they operated a Georgia-grown gift basket business featuring food products from all over the state. Since 1988, Terry has been the owner and operator of The Homeport Farm Mart (a farm and garden supply retailer) located in Winder. In 2002, Terry was named by the National Retail Hardware Association as their Young Retailer of the Year in the under $2 million sales category.

In 2003, Terry served as Chairman of the Board of the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce, the organization recently awarded him their Presidential Award for his untiring dedication. He has served as a chamber board member for six years and on numerous committees over the last 15 plus years.

While farming, Terry and Cindy were named to the Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmer Committee and Terry served as State Chairman and on the Georgia Farm Bureau State Board of Directors during their second year on the committee. After serving on the state committee, Terry and Cindy were named to the American Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Committee, representing the Southeast. Terry has also served as President of the Barrow County Farm Bureau and continues to serve that organization on the board of directors.

Also during that time, Terry continued to operate a third-generation general contractor business started by his grandfather in 1948. As a building contractor, Terry was a founding director in the Barrow County Builders Association. As a farmer, he was also a founding Director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association.

Having been a student and continuing supporter of agricultural education and the Future Farmers of America organization, Terry has served as local and Georgia FFA Alumni President and as a member of the National FFA Alumni Executive Council. In 2003, he was awarded the highest honor that the National FFA organization presents, the Honorary American FFA Degree.

Terry has also been active in the Winder Lions Club and served as the youngest president in the 50-year existence of the organization. Having enjoyed and participated in numerous fairs and livestock shows as a young person, he also served several terms as Chairman of the Lions Club's Barrow County Fair and Livestock Show.

Terry and Cindy are active members in the First Baptist Church of Auburn. Terry works with the Baptist Men’s Fellowship Group and other church activities, while Cindy is very involved in the Church Youth Ministry.

Terry is a 1984 graduate of Winder-Barrow High School and attended the University of Georgia, majoring in Agricultural Engineering. He is a 1994 graduate of the Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum, a statewide leadership program for the agricultural industry. This program allows its participants to see and understand issues that affect our state from all sides, not just from the agricultural standpoint.

During his first term in the General Assembly, Representative England sponsored and passed several pieces of Legislation of interest to citizens in the 108th District. They included a Barrow County Homestead Exemption expansion for senior citizens that are economically depressed, created the Agriculture Education and Career/Technical Advisory Commissions, Co-sponsored the Historical Documents Act of 2006 allowing documents such as the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public buildings, along with co-sponsoring numerous other measures that reduced taxes and improved the lives of all Georgians.

Speaker Richardson has appointed Terry to numerous boards and commissions to take advantage of his understanding of workforce preparedness, agricultural and rural development. Terry currently serves as Co-chair of the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission, as a member of the Career/Technical Advisory Commission, the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board, the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority Overview Committee as well as a member of both the Southern Legislative Conference and National Council of State Legislatures Agriculture and Rural Development Committees.

Terry’s spare time finds him restoring antique tractors, helping bale hay and performing other chores on a friends’ as well as his own farm, spending time with family and friends and enjoying his Black Lab, Wiley.