Funding announced for “CalAgPlate” Program

Sep 17, 2015

More than $200,000 available

Proposals are currently being accepted by the California Department of Agriculture for the California Agriculture Special Interest License Plate (CalAgPlate) program.

CalAgPlate

The program helps make money available to be used for the promotion of agriculture education and leadership activities for students in elementary and post-secondary school, and adult education purposes.

The CalAgPlate program has four main goals:

Increasing the availability and access of agricultural education throughout California
Encourage students to choose agriculture and farming as a career path
Develop agricultural training opportunities
Create youth and adult leadership opportunities and enhance professional skill sets

“The CalAgPlate program provides a continuous stream of investment into agricultural education,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross in a release. “This program would not be possible without the thousands of individuals who have purchased CalAgPlates and continue to support quality agricultural education for our youth and young professionals interested not only in farming, but the diversity of our agricultural sector.”

An estimated $249,000 is being made available for agricultural education purposes.

People interested in applying for grants must complete an application by October 26^th, 2015.

The proposal applications must consist of the following:

A cover page describing the organization, amount of money needed, target audience and other details
A project narrative outlining the name of the project, timeline and other specifics
A budget narrative specifying how the money will be spent to complete the project

Join the conversation and tell us if you’ll submit a proposal to receive some of the grant money. What sort of project would you consider undertaking?

Video: A Farm Song (Busy) | Parody of A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey

Lyrics:

My days begin with workin’, Alarm’s at 5 o’clock,
I Fill 5 gallon buckets, The feeders and the troughs,
This five to nine ain’t workin’, why the heck do I work so hard?,
I can’t worry ‘bout health problems, I can sleep in when I’m gone,

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

I’ve been working pretty stressed but,
I ain’t changing for some cash,
Lord knows that I’m very blessed (More chores),
But I gotta say it’s hard,
Workin’ outside gettin’ charred,
Living out here on the farm, (more chores)

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history
There’s another 20 chickens that still need feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm getting’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Fun, here on ranch that’s what you can’t ignore,
Might be pretty hard but I love it to its core,
Flannel’s gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores (Tell ‘em sing with me)

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
Watching cattle in the dark, don’t miss me,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
(Yeeeeeehaw)
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
It’s the best bro, go get yourself a farm