Fifteen agriculture students have been selected as the second class of recipients of the GROWMARK Foundation scholarship.

More than 170 students from across the United States and Ontario, Canada, applied for the award. Applications were evaluated by a panel of agribusiness professionals, and the funds are available for the fall 2019 semester.

“Each scholarship is worth 1500 dollars,” says Karen Jones, Youth and Young Producer Specialist at GROWMARK. “We’ve awarded some to incoming freshmen but about half are going to students that are sophomore level or above.”

Click here to see the full list of recipients.

In this interview, Jones talks about the Foundation scholarship program and why it’s important to the future of agriculture. Interview with Karen Jones, GROWMARK