Oskaloosa FFA receives FFA: Food For All grant from National FFA Organization to help fight hunger
Oskaloosa FFA Member Geoffrey harvest’s leaf lettuce at the Oskaloosa FFA Learning Garden in the summer of 2015.
INDIANAPOLIS 2nd, February 2016/National FFA Organization – The Oskaloosa FFA chapter in Oskaloosa, IA has been awarded $2,500 as part of the FFA: Food For All program. The nationwide program provides grant money to local FFA chapters to support year-long service-learning projects that address local hunger needs.
The Oskaloosa FFA plans to help fight hunger by having a FFA Learning Garden in which the FFA Members will grow produce to be donated to the School Lunch Program and to the Ecumenical Cupboard. The FFA will start some of the vegetables in the greenhouse and transfer to the gardens and will also plant seeds for sweet corn. The two gardens will be at the High School and also at the Building and Trades site across from the old Garfield School.
The FFA: Food For All Grants are sponsored by Donaldson Foundation, Elanco, Land O’Lakes, Nationwide Foundation, Nutra Blend, Sealed Air, Tractor Supply Company and Tyson as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. The program provided nearly $360,000 to FFA chapters in 40 states and the Virgin Islands. In addition, the FFA: Food For All grant program is part of the National FFA Organization’s Hunger Home platform. More information about the program can be found at FFA.org/foodforall.
The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 629,367 student members who belong to one of 7,757 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
