Kyle Bridgeforth

Kyle Bridgeforth is an owner and operating partner at Bridgeforth Farms, a fifth-generation row-crop agribusiness headquartered in Tanner, Alabama that focuses on using modern technology and agronomics to grow high quality agricultural products. Kyle primarily works with crop traceability and efficiencies along with business development. Beyond the farm he works closely with several industry associations and companies including Bayer, John Deere, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, The Breakthrough Institute, the International Fertilizer Development Center, the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, and Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP Group). Through Groundswell’s Congress for Rural Resilience, Kyle works with leaders across the rural Southeast on how data center development is reshaping land, water, and power. Prior to returning to Alabama, Kyle worked in the Executive Office of the President for the United States Trade Representative aiding the Agricultural Affairs team and the Trans-Pacific Partnership efforts. Locally, Kyle is past chairman of the Limestone County Economic Development Association, past chairman of the Athens-Limestone Hospital Board, and a board member of the Limestone County Water and Sewage Authority. Kyle graduated with a degree in International Studies: Business and Economics from Morehouse College.