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MEEKER | Colorado FFA Foundation generously offers grants to FFA members and FFA chapters from all across Colorado each year. These grants are targeted to assist members and chapters in improving agricultural experiences in their local communities through three programs. Those programs are Heifer Wrangle, Supervised Agricultural Experiences, and School based Agricultural Experience Program/ Chapter Improvement.
This year, the Meeker FFA Chapter had two recipients, Cleone McPherson and Sierra Gomez in the Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program, receive grants. The entirety of grants paid to their individual SAE accounts add to $2,450. This program allows participants to use grant funds to develop any type of agriculture entrepreneurship experience that allows the members to connect to a segment of agriculture that interests them and relates to a career objective.
Cleone’s SAE grant will be used to add to her current SAE at White River Bakery by expanding her own laying hen enterprise. She hopes to be able to provide her family’s growing business with farm fresh eggs within the next year by certifying her chickens through USDA regulations.
Sierra’s SAE grant will also be adding to her current SAE by growing her Suffolk/Hampshire cross show lamb operation. She has hopes of selling her lamb progeny to fellow 4-H, FFA members that will exhibit at county fair.
As the Meeker FFA Chapter, we are so lucky to have such motivated members that are willing to better the chapter as well as the community around them.
Special to the Herald Times
