FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
For more information contact:
Bill Clary
(502) 564-1137
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer will present commemorative checks for $47,500 each to Kentucky FFA and Kentucky 4-H during the Kentucky State Fair.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture will give the same amount it has donated every year since Commissioner Farmer took office in 2004, even though it is struggling with budget cuts, he said.
“It’s important to maintain this investment in our future,” Commissioner Farmer said. “FFA and 4-H do an outstanding job of molding our young people into strong leaders and responsible citizens. This investment will pay our Commonwealth back many times over.”
This year’s donations will increase the Department’s support for the youth programs to a total of nearly $600,000 since 2004.
Kentucky FFA has 14,500 members in its 145 chapters statewide. A Kentucky FFA member, Nicholas Hardesty of Meade County, was named the American Star Farmer, the National FFA organization’s highest honor, in 2007. Two FFA members from the Spencer County chapter, Andrew Baird and Stephanie Mitchell, are nominees for Star Farmer awards this year.
Kentucky 4-H is celebrating its centennial anniversary this year. It is open to youth from 9 to 19. Some 230,000 youths are involved in 4-H in Kentucky.
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