By Cowgirl Candace. Images by Vintrez Davis. Heather Wilson moves with grace like a woman who understands both the classroom and the field. Children gather around her in clusters at MLK Jr. Elementary’s annual spring STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and Agriculture Day in Albany, Georgia. Hands itching to touch everything from cowhand tack […]

By Cowgirl Candace. Images by Vintrez Davis. Every now and then, Cowgirl Candace meets a fellow farmer whose grit reminds me why the land is my ancestral mission. That modern farmer is Sedrick Rowe. Our agricultural alignment didn’t begin on a campaign trail. It started years ago in South Georgia fields where a first-generation producer decided to […]

Each milestone has a backroad story, and mine just happens to run through Tractor Supply aisles, Arby’s drive-thru, and even a bull-rigging crew. I’m forever a small-town girl. I’ve hustled through high school, college, and post-graduation jobs that didn’t always make sense at the time, but they all taught me something that stuck and applied […]

November always brings a mix of celebration and reflection for Cowgirl Candace. It’s my birthday month. Another year of life and lessons, but these past few years have felt different. As soon as I crossed into my 40s, I started losing some of the strongest women who shaped my roots: both my grandmothers, June Morrow […]

Trailblazher Magazine, the premier publication celebrating the grit and grace of rural women, has made history with its 2025 cover story featuring Cowgirl Candace. The Georgia-born storyteller, journalist, and fourth-generation farmer becomes the first Southern belle and Black cowgirl honored as the magazine’s featured pioneer, marking a groundbreaking moment in Western media. Raised on her […]

We dashingly showed up. Ballpoint penned out. And country Western won for Milledgeville, Georgia. My brother, Edward Morrow, and I rounded up international awards at the Outdoor Writers Association of America’s (OWAA) 2024 conference held in El Paso, Texas, from Sept. 20 to Sept. 22. “I was like ‘Oh, wow,’” said Edward when the award […]