Ohio fall farm tours, experiences
Across Ohio, there are opportunities to get out to the farm and enjoy tourism activities.
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Lawrence County Farm Bureau Scholarship
Lawrence County will be offering a $500 scholarship to a student who is a Lawrence County resident. Special preference will be given to applicants planning to study an agriculture related field.
Applications must be submitted by March 31, 2022.
Having opportunities to attend leadership institutes, advocate for rural Ohioans on the state and national level, facilitate young ag professionals events, and serve in a variety of leadership positions have helped my skills grow exponentially.
Labor has always been an issue, mainly because we are a seasonal operation. So that's a challenge finding somebody who only wants to work three months out of a year, sometimes up to six months.
If it wasn't for Farm Bureau, I personally, along with many others, would not have had the opportunity to meet with our representatives face to face in Washington.
I was gifted the great opportunity through an Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Youth Pathways grant to run a series of summer camps here. That really expanded my vision of what ‘grow, maintain, sustain and explain’ could actually be.
I see the value and need to be engaged in the community I live in, to be a part of the decision-making process and to volunteer with organizations that help make our community better.
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