Extension helped launch Local Foods Conference, won $6,000 SARE grant to expand horticulture education

Jun 2, 2026

Extension staff said they helped organize Montgomery County's first Local Foods Conference and received a $6,000 SARE Youth Educator grant to expand horticulture programming to ten more schools and after‑school sites.

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Extension staff told commissioners they were key collaborators and planners for the county's inaugural Local Foods Conference and that the Agriculture & Natural Resources team secured a SARE Youth Educator grant of $6,000. Leeoria Willis (ANR Educator) said the grant will fund horticulture programming expansion to ten additional schools and after‑school learning sites.

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