Buckeye Farm NewsThe Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation continued to develop programs helping smaller, community-based groups by awarding  $30,000 through a series of Agricultural Action and Awareness Grants for the 2011 program year.

The competitively awarded grants support programs and projects focusing on agricultural education, ecological and/or economic development.

The Animals for Life Foundation, founded by Ohio Farm Bureau in 2009, also approved more than $30,000 in grants to help improve the human-animal bond in 2011.