Lauren Cheevers founded Branded by Design LLC when she saw a need for marketing geared toward the family farm. Lauren was born and raised on a commercial beef cattle ranch where her family maintains a herd of 300 pairs of cattle, six broiler houses and an assortment of show projects over the years including meat goats, rabbits and swine. Lauren also has a passion for the rodeo industry where she competed in various Rodeo Queen competitions, as a way to share the tradition with younger generations. Growing up, Lauren was extremely active in 4-H as well as FFA and FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America.) After graduating from the University of Arkansas, Lauren worked with the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association, a producer based, grass-roots organization as their Communications Director. During her time at the ACA, she also produced the Arkansas Grown magazine; the annual publication of the Arkansas Agriculture Department which showcases farmers in all segments of the agricultural industry through feature stories, photography and info-graphics. Lauren is a dog mom to four fur babies and still enjoys taking them to check cows on a daily basis. She understands that as family farms become less common, it is our job to tell the story of agriculture and help show consumers the faces behind food production.