Brent Bailey
Brent Bailey is a 1994 graduate of the Mississippi State University Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering where he obtained a B.S. degree in Biological Engineering with Environmental Emphasis.
After graduation, Brent worked as an Environmental Consultant for two central Mississippi environmental engineering firms. In 1999, Brent went to the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation to become the organization’s Environmental Programs Coordinator and served in that capacity for over seven years.
In 2006, Brent began an association with the 25x’25 Initiative and serves as the Southeast Facilitator for state alliance activities. The 25x’25 vision entails production agriculture and forestry producing 25% of total U.S. energy needs by the year 2025 while continuing to produce safe and abundant food and fiber. Brent is working with agriculture and forestry leaders to mobilize support for renewable energy solutions from agriculture and forestry and communicating to the public agriculture’s potential role in a new national energy strategy.
