Project Overview
YENC24-208
Project Type: Youth Educator
Funds awarded in 2024: $5,960.00
Projected End Date: 02/15/2026
Grant Recipient:
Sola Gratia Farm
Region: North Central
State: Illinois
Project Manager:
Traci Barkley
Sola Gratia Farm
Commodities
No commodities identified
Practices
No practices identified
Proposal abstract:
Sola Gratia Farm (SGF), a
nonprofit, sustainable farm, regularly offers educational farm
tours to local school and youth groups. The farm will expand the
content of these visits for older students with hands-on
activities to provide deeper understanding of sustainable
agricultural practices such as organic plant start production,
crop diversity and rotation, and soil health and preservation for
long-term land use and viability. The farm will also develop a
new segment of farm visits that explores both career
opportunities and food sovereignty to give youth a stronger
understanding of the farm and our partners’ work.
Project objectives from proposal:
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Design expanded and enhanced
sustainable agriculture education opportunities, including farm
field trips and hands-on agriculture education activities, for
youth in local schools and youth programs; -
Provide localized and relevant
agriculture experience and career awareness opportunities to
40+ local youth, especially those already interested in
sustainable agriculture; -
Develop age-appropriate,
interactive and replicable educational materials to be featured
on SGF’s learning farm.
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