From AgCarolina Farm Credit

 

RALEIGH — AgCarolina Farm Credit announces more than $33,000 in grants have been extended to 12 organizations through their corporate-giving program, the Fund for Rural North Carolina.

The grants will aid recipients in carrying out programs specifically benefiting farmers and rural residents in eastern North Carolina.

Grants up to $5,000 per organization were awarded at a reception held at Rose Hill Plantation in Nashville, N.C., in one of the four focus areas of education, environment, technology or quality of rural life to the following organizations:

 

• Albemarle Area 4-H Livestock – Funds for 10 swine pens for more space for exhibitors and livestock.
• Beaufort Soil and Water Conservation District – Funds for Enviroscape wetlands point/non-point model for students to have interactive learning experience.
• Common Ground of Eastern North Carolina Inc. – “Neu-bees” project to teach Kinston youth about entrepreneurship and small business development.
• Dream Hunt and Fish Program – Materials for the Wildlife Education Trailer and the hunting and fishing trips for needy children.
• Gates County 4-H Shooting Club – Products and materials to grow the club and implement a STEM curriculum.
• Johnston County 4-H – Funds for youth to attend 4-H camp more affordably.
• Martin County 4-H – Funds to host a field trip for Martin County second-graders to learn more about agriculture and farm safety.
• Pitt County FFA Alumni – Assist qualified FFA members to attend FFA Convention and FFA Center in White Lake.
• Richlands High School Agriculture Department and FFA – Funds to complete livestock barn for Ag students on campus to expose them to livestock industry.
• Spring Creek High School agriculture education – Purchase equipment for Ag mechanics program for students to have real-world training and experience.
• Wake County 4-H – Purchase incubators and brooder warmers for 4-H embryology.
• Wilson County 4-H – Funds for incubators, warmers and equipment for 4-H embryology program.

 

Association CEO Dave Corum states, “The Fund for Rural North Carolina has awarded over $345,000 to benefit the rural and agricultural communities of the AgCarolina Farm Credit service area since 2005. AgCarolina is committed to partnering with organizations to enhance the quality of life and opportunities for rural residents of eastern North Carolina.”

AgCarolina Farm Credit is a farmer-owned financial cooperative with headquarters in Raleigh. They are the leading provider of credit to farmers in central and eastern North Carolina. AgCarolina Farm Credit has more than $1.4 billion in loans and commitments outstanding to nearly 3,000 North Carolina farmers.