The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation awarded another 15 matching grants totaling nearly $6,898 to Wisconsin schools and organizations to use for agricultural literacy lessons and activities. The grants, which are being channeled through the WFBF's Ag in the Classroom program, provide funding for a variety of activities that help students and the public learn about agriculture.
The matching grant activities are:
** Bonduel Agriculture Department and FFA, Bonduel - Bonduel Chicken Coop: $500
** Building a Food Forest, Independence - Deep Mulch Gardening and Sunflower Fort: $500
** Career and Technical Education Agricultural Academy at Amery High School, Amery - Microgreens: Locally grown and marketed: $500
** DCE 4K at St. John Lutheran School, Wausau - The Garden Outside Our Window: $500
** Easter Seals Wisconsin, Madison - ESW FARM Agricultural Career Exploration: $500
** Envision Greater Fond du Lac Agri-Business Council, Fond du Lac - Day on the Farm: $500
** Fond du Lac County Agricultural Society, Fond du Lac - Fond du Lac County Fair’s Farm to Table Exhibit: $500
** House in the Wood, Delavan - Raised Garden Beds: $500
** Lake Geneva Middle School - 7 Olympus Science, Lake Geneva - Lettuce Grow Farm Stand Expansion: $166.50
** Parkview and Brodhead FFA Chapters, Orfordville and Brodhead - Food for America: $500
** Rock County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom, Janesville - Farmers Grow: ‘Food Brings Everyone to the Table’ Virtual Scavenger Hunt: $500
** St. Boniface Catholic School, Waumandee - Greenhouse and Garden: $500
** St. John Lutheran School, Wausau - Green Thumbed Drums and Music: $500
** St. Mary School Garden, Muscoda - Soil Advocate Training: $500
** Walworth County Fair Barnyard Adventure, Elkhorn - ‘Butterflies, Bugs & Bees’: $500
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