The Stafford County Farm Bureau is collaborating with local Virginia Cooperative Extension 4-H staff to provide hands-on agricultural education as part of a nonprofit day camp for underprivileged youth.
Stafford Farm Bureau recently received a $500 grant from the American Farm Bureau Federation Foundation for Agriculture’s White-Reinhardt Fund for Education program. The fund’s grants are used to create new agricultural literacy projects and expand on existing agricultural literacy efforts.
Stafford Extension staff will use the grant to help campers incubate chicken eggs, care for hatched chicks and learn about healthy eating.
“Incubating eggs teaches youth responsibility, care and respect for living things and increases their appreciation of science and technology,” said Alyssa Walden, 4-H youth development Extension agent for Stafford County. “It is the hope that students will have their interest piqued by the project and that they will want to become involved in other areas of agriculture education and 4-H programming.”
Farm Bureau representatives also will provide agricultural education materials for camp participants.
“One of our missions is to be the voice of agricultural commodity producers in Stafford County. It is a great honor to be recognized for helping the public understand more about the producers of our abundant food supply,” said Shields Jones, Stafford County Farm Bureau president.
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