Deadline approaching for Farm Bureau grants

With American youth further removed from the farm than ever before, educating the next generation about the importance of agriculture is no small feat.

To help facilitate students’ learning about the sources of their food and fiber, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is offering White-Reinhardt Grants for the 2023-2024 school year. The organization is currently accepting applications for 10 $1,000 grants for educational projects in grades K-12 that create new agriculture literacy programs or expand existing efforts. Applications are due June 16.

County and state Farm Bureaus may apply for grants, and interested organizations and schools can work with their local county and state Farm Bureaus to apply. Grants are available on a competitive basis, and payments will be allocated to a state or county Farm Bureau to be used for the projects.

The grants are funded through the White-Reinhardt Fund for Education— a project of the AFBFA in cooperation with the AFBF Women’s Leadership Committee.

“These grants give communities opportunities to seek new and innovative activities to educate everyone about agriculture,” said Tammy Maxey, Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom’s executive director. “Farm Bureaus partner with schools and community groups to provide a variety of tools for children to learn about the many aspects of agriculture and how it’s vital to our daily lives.”

Goochland Sheriff’s Office now part of regional effort

The Goochland County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) last week announced the creation of the Regional Sheriffs Emergency Response Team (RSERT). In a collaborative effort to increase public safety response, the Sheriff’s Offices of Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland,

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Goochland and our partners in the Central Virginia region.”

Red, White & Brew patrons are encouraged to join the discussion on Facebook.

List of participating locations:

„ Midnight Brewery (Goochland)

„ Hardywood Park Craft Brewery — West Creek (Goochland)

„ Kindred Spirit Brewing (Goochland)

„ Hill Top Distillery (Goochland)

„ Courthouse Creek Cider/Senary Farms LLC

Louisa, and Powhatan have established the multi-agency team. Through a Memorandum of Agreement, each Sheriff has committed several deputies from each agency to be a part of the team. The RSERT is organized with deputies from each agency that can be requested to respond to a multitude of large-scale operations in any of the RSERT counties, such as natural disasters, civil disturbances, search and rescue, and more. In the event that any large incident occurs, this team will be called in to supplement the agency’s law enforcement response.

(Goochland)

„ Grayhaven Winery (Goochland)

„ Everleigh Vineyards & Brewing Company (Louisa)

„ Fifty-Third Winery & Vineyard (Louisa)

„ Coyote Hole Ciderworks (Louisa)

„ A. Smith Bowman Distillery (Spotsylvania)

„ Bacchus Winery (Spotsylvania)

„ Cider Lab (Spotsylvania)

„ Eden Try Estate & Winery (Spotsylvania)

„ Lake Anna Winery (Spotsylvania)

„ Log Home Brewing Company (Spotsylvania)

„ Maltese Brewing (Spotsylvania)

„ Mattaponi Winery (Spotsylvania)

„ Wilderness Run Vineyards/1781 Brewing Co. (Spotsylvania)

„ Lake Anna Taphouse (Louisa)

„ Cooling Pond Brewery (Louisa)

„ Well Hung Vineyard (Gordonsville)

„ Champion Ice House (Gordonsville)

„ Southern Revere Vineyard & Farm (Louisa)

„ Rassawek Vineyards (Goochland)

„ Elk Island Winery (Goochland)

„ Byrd Cellars (Goochland)

„ Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery (Goochland)