Introducing students to agriculture beyond the strenuous work in the fields was the impetus for the $274,128 United States Department of Agriculture grant awarded earlier this month to the Stan State Agriculture Program.
The grant for “Recruiting and Preparing Underrepresented Hispanic Students for Careers in Agriculture through Experiential Learning Programs,” is the fourth USDA grant the agriculture department has received for this and similar purposes since 2015 and the second largest during that time.