Silo FFA receives a mini grant from Oklahoma Farm Bureau

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The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has awarded ten organizations around the state with grants through the foundation’s mini grant program. The $500 grants are awarded to county Farm Bureaus, 4-H clubs, FFA chapters and classroom teachers to fund projects that enhance agricultural literacy in Oklahoma.

The grants are awarded through an application process, in which interested groups, organizations and individuals list their educational project, goals and objectives.

The foundation’s mini grants are awarded in two cycles, with the first cycle grants issued in March and the second cycle issued in September.

For more information on the foundation’s grant programs, visit the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture website.

2023 OKFB Foundation for Agriculture mini grant recipients

• Red Oak FFA – Preparing different sausage recipes with consumer testing and outreach
• Holdenville 4-H – Sheep learning lab
• Oklahoma Union Public Schools STEM Class – Salsa production unit from plant to product
• Central High FFA – Incubator and chicken coop for meat judging and processing
• Milburn FFA – Incubator and chickens for egg production
• Navajo FFA – Tower garden grow center
• Silo FFA – Ag literacy library box
• Strother FFA – Bee hotels
• Logan County Robotics Club – Legos spike sets simulation of farm challenges and robotics
• Cimarron FFA – Greenhouse revitalization and rebuild