RALEIGH â AgCarolina Farm Credit has extended $33,850 in grants to 14 organizations through its corporate-giving program. The grants will aid recipients in carrying out programs specifically benefiting farmers and rural residents in eastern North Carolina.
Grants up to $5,000 each were awarded in one of the four focus areas of Education, Environment, Technology, or Quality of Rural Life to the following organizations:
⢠Bear Grass Charter Future Farmers of America: Purchase wooden storage building to house greenhouse/chicken coop supplies.
⢠Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central North Carolina: Offset meal costs for after school programs.
⢠Corinth Holders High School FFA: Equipment/materials to continue barn expansion.