From America’s Farmers Grow Communities:
The North Harford High School Agriculture Department has received a $2,500 donation from Harford County farmer Jarod Smith and America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The donation will help the organization implement an aquaculture and aquaponics learning station as part of their animal science, plant science and natural resources classes. Aquaculture is also known as fish farming, and aquaponics is the practice of raising fish and plants in a symbiotic environment.
“Currently, we have a fish culture set up,” said program specialist Greg Murrell. “But this will allow us to expand and include plant material and multiple tanks. This will allow our general agriculture and magnet programs to collect better data.”
For five years, America’s Farmers Grow Communities has collaborated with farmers to donate over $16.5 million to over 7,300 community organizations across rural America. This year winning farmers will direct another $3.3 million to nonprofits to help fight rural hunger, purchase life saving fire and EMS equipment, support ag youth leadership programs, buy much needed classroom resources, and so much more.
America’s Farmers Grow Communities is part of the America’s Farmers initiative. Since 2010, the America’s Farmers campaign and programs have advocated on behalf of farmers and their efforts to meet society’s needs through agriculture. Today, consumers are more interested than ever in agriculture and how food is grown. Consider joining the conversation and helping to raise awareness about agriculture. Learn more at FoodDialogues.com.
A sister program in the America’s Farmers effort, Grow Rural Education, is currently in its farmer nomination phase. Farmers interested in supporting math and science education in their communities should visit www.GrowRuralEducation.com from now through April 1 to learn how.
“Hmm, the Monsanto Fund…”
(cue the knee-jerk leftists who blame them for ill-fitting yoga pants, erectile dysfunction, and gender-specific bathrooms)
This is great we need more fish farming, and aquaponics in this country. Eating tilapia from the rivers of south east Asia will kill you.
And you people only thought Monsanto produced GMO seeds.
Farmed fish is one of the worst things you can eat!!!!
That’s only true if you feed the raised fish ground up fish that are contaminated with mercury. Farm raised fish can be healthy or not depending the quality of feed that you use.
Monsanto is dangerous and corrupt putting our world at danger forcing GMOs, and unlabeled products into our stores.. genetically altered animals. Monsanto is now banned in 26 COUNTRIES WORLD WIDE!!! However, the US still has not stepped in. How dare the Harford County Public School System allow our children to be fed false information, and led to believe this line of change is safe.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1914230-monsanto-to-face-international-tribunal-for-alleged-crimes-but-company-says-its-a-pr-stunt/
http://www.thenation.com/article/twenty-six-countries-ban-gmos-why-wont-us/