Fairfield County Farm Bureau’s Foodpreneur Meat School, which educates producers, processors and policy stakeholders about local and regional meat production and marketing opportunities, received one of seven grants awarded through Ohio Farm Bureau’s Action and Awareness grants program. The grants support agriculture-related programming in four core areas — education, environment, economic development and human-animal bond.

Grant amounts can be awarded up to $3,000 and are provided for a one-year period.

Six other organizations awarded grants in the spring 2021 cycle include:

Belmont Soil & Water Conservation District. The district will purchase a soil testing probe and offer soil testing to landowners in the Captina Creek Watershed at no cost. Funding also will cover the costs of testing soil in hay and pasture fields to implement best management practices.

Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy. The grant will support internship stipends for participants in the New Farmer Academy, a multiyear program creating paid career pathways for interns through classroom-style education.

Gorman Heritage Farm Foundation. The grant will support the farm animals and livestock at Gorman Heritage Farm. Farm animals are vital to the agricultural education programs at Gorman Heritage Farm and encourage a human-animal bond, promoting the proper care of animals and the many ways they bring quality to human life.

Ohio FFA Foundation Inc. The funds will support the Ohio Agricultural Education Summer Conference, a three-day professional development conference designed for teachers of agriculture to network.

Pickaway County Farm Bureau. The grant will help students in the Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Department of Meat Science gain practical experience in meat processing.

Wild Hearts African Farm. The farm and its Wild Hearts STEM Lab, a teaching laboratory within the new Ag Education Center, will help provide children and adults an immersive look into the world of animal care.

To find out more about these grants, along with eligibility requirements, visit ofbf.org/foundation/aagrants. 

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