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The Piedmont Agriculture Scholars Program will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 14.
This program is developed by the Juneberry Education Foundation for select student scholars from high schools across North Carolina to participate in hands-on and immersive agricultural training on a regenerative farm.
Student scholars will be introduced to all areas of regenerative farming at Juneberry Ridge, a 750-acre working farm in Norwood.
Students will attend lectures and gain hands-on farm experience related to soil health, water management, wildlife, aquaponics, farm-to-table hospitality and more. The program provides meals for accepted students.
Nominations are open until Feb. 9. Student scholars must receive a nomination from a teacher/educator.
Nominations are available through https://edu.juneberry.com/. Nominated students will receive an email invitation from the Juneberry Education Foundation to fill out a student application due by March 1.
The program is looking for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors that have a 3.0 GPA or higher​ and are enrolled in a North Carolina high school, with an in regenerative agriculture, farming, and/or agribusiness​.
“If we fail to inspire young farmers today, it’s only a matter of time before we lose our farmland along with high quality local food production right here in North Carolina. So, how can we inspire the next generation? Our answer is to provide the farmers of tomorrow with the best possible education in regenerative farming. We designed the Piedmont Agricultural Scholars Program as a call out to our brightest young minds, to bring them out to our living classroom, to show them how we farm, and invite them to envision a brighter future for food production with us,” Suzanne Durkee, president, Juneberry Education Foundation.