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Extension helped launch Local Foods Conference, won $6,000 SARE grant to expand horticulture education
Summary
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.
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.
The presentation framed the grant as a capacity‑building award to extend hands‑on horticulture education in county schools and informal learning sites; staff provided a contact for follow‑up and described plans to begin work this year under the grant.
