Warrenton FFA awarded $2,500 for ag education programs

Posted 2/4/22

The Warrenton chapter of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the Bayer Fund for its importance in supporting education for the agricultural leaders of tomorrow.

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Warrenton FFA awarded $2,500 for ag education programs

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The Warrenton chapter of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the Bayer Fund for its importance in supporting education for the agricultural leaders of tomorrow.

Area farmers Lynn and Kathy Bade applied for the grant on behalf of the organization and its efforts to support Warren County R-III’s ag program. As a 501c3 nonprofit program, the WISE Foundation stepped in—as it has before on ag program fundraising—to work with the FFA and its alumni group to receive and help direct the funds to help sustain R-III’s ag education curriculum and supporting programs for students.

The WISE Foundation was formed to provide support for the Warren County R-III School District, its faculty, alumni and students and to promote, sponsor and carry out educational activities and goals within the district.

Bayer Fund’s “America’s Farmers Grow Communities” and “Grow Ag Leaders” grant programs provide funding opportunities in communities around the country. One of the foundation’s three priority areas is Food & Nutrition, acknowledging that food security and reliable access to healthy, nutritious food are pressing and ongoing problems in our nation and world and that farmers are key to addressing this issue.

“We’re grateful to Bayer, the Bade’s, who applied for the grant, and all the people and groups who continue to support our school district’s ag program as essential to our community and beyond,” said Denise Dent, FFA Alumni Association president. “It builds good people and makes a difference in the lives of our neighbors.”

FFA, Grant, Ag education

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