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It’s Time for Summer Ag Institute
for Educators!
USDA Offers Farm To School
Grants
The 2014 Summer Agriculture Institute for Educators
will be held June 12-13 at the Hilton Garden Inn in
Morgantown.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is
requesting applications for the third round of
Farm To School (FTS) grants, including the
addition of a new funding track.
Content for this year’s event will be new, so if you’ve
attended before, you can again!
Graduate and professional
credits are available through
SUMMER
West Virginia University.
AGRICULTURAL
INSTITUTE
In a big change from
previous years, the Institute
plans visits to several facilities
on Thursday.
SPONSORED BY:
Online registration and full
information is available on the
WVFB website at wvfarm.org.
WVU Davis College
of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Design
FOR EDUCATORS
USDA expects to distribute approximately
$500,000 in additional funds to support at least
one statewide or regional meeting in all seven
Food and Nutrition Service regions and at least
one national conference. Letters of Intent are due
at 11:59 p.m. EST, April 2, 2014.
EDUCATORS FEED THE MIND. FARMERS FEED THE WORLD.
Registration and rooming
costs paid to West Virginia
Farm Bureau will remain the same as 2013; fees to
WVU for graduate or professional credits have risen only
slightly. Mailings have been sent to all West Virginia
schools and boards of education offices.
Many county Farm Bureaus offer scholarships; for
more info call Joan Harman at 800-398-4630 x. 306.
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Grants will be awarded to assist FTS planning,
implementation and support services, along with
a new category to support meetings, events and
training sessions. Proposals are due at 11:59 p.m.
EST, April 30, 2014.
Application details can be found at www.
fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/FY2015_FSGP_
RFA_2182014.pdf. For more information on FTS
in West Virginia, visit www.groweducatesell.com,
www.fns.usda.gov/farmtoschool/farm-school, or
contact WVDA FTS coordinator Buddy Davidson
at 304-541-5932, [email protected].
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