Pass The Word: Monsanto Program Gives Farmers Chance to Support Local 4-H Clubs
Farmers have the opportunity to win awards to help community nonprofit organizations, such as 4-H, that are dear to their hearts. The awards are available through Monsanto Fund’s America’s Farmers Grow Communities Project, a new program being offered in select counties in Ohio and other states. Through the program, farmers can enter to win the chance to direct $2,500 awards to local nonprofit organizations that are important to them and their communities.
Eligible farmers from the selected counties can apply online at www.growcommunities.com or by calling 1.877.267.3332 to obtain an application.
Farmers, age 21 and over, who are actively engaged in farming a minimum of 250 acres of corn, soybeans and/or cotton, or 40 acres of open field vegetables, or at least 10 acres of tomatoes, peppers and/or cucumbers grown in protected culture, are eligible. The application period runs May 1 through July 31, 2010. The program is open to all qualifying farmers, and no purchase is necessary in order to enter or win. Monsanto Fund will announce winning farmers and recipient organizations that were chosen in August 2010.
The America’s Farmers Grow Communities project was originally launched as a pilot program by Monsanto Company in Iowa and select counties in Missouri and Arkansas in January 2010. More than 7,500 farmers participated and more than $500,000 benefitted non-profit groups in farming communities.
Visit www.growcommunities.com to see a complete list of Arkansas, Iowa and Missouri winners. The new project is part of a broad commitment by Monsanto Fund to invest in farm communities, in order to highlight the important contributions farmers make every day to our society.
