Historic Lewes Farmers Market Announced 2013 Scholarship Program

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HISTORIC LEWES FARMERS MARKET ANNOUNCES 2013 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Historic Lewes Farmers Market

Phone: 302-644-1436
Email: historiclewes...@comcast.net
Website: www.historiclewesfarmersmarket.org

For Immediate Release, November 27, 2012

The Historic Lewes Farmers Market announces its scholarship program
for 2013 to provide educational opportunities for Delmarva farmers
wishing to learn sustainable agriculture techniques and methods.

Several $500 scholarships will be awarded to Delmarva farmers meeting
the following criteria to attend either the Pennsylvania Association
for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Annual Farming for the Future
Conference or similar conference such as SSAWG. In 2013, the PASA
Conference will be held February 6-9, 2013 in State College, PA. The
SSAWG (Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group) Conference will
be held January 23-26 in Little Rock AR. Both conferences draw farmers
interested in education about sustainable agriculture practices from a
broad section of the east coast, mid-Atlantic and the south with
similar growing conditions to the Delmarva. For more information
about the conferences you may go to www.pasafarming.or or www.ssawg.org.

To be eligible for the scholarship the farmer must:

1) Currently be developing a sustainable farming enterprise, or
currently farming, on the Delmarva.

2) Currently operate a small farm (low-sales) as defined by the
ERS (Economic Research Service) for the United States Department of
Agriculture (less than $250,000 gross in agricultural sales), on the
Delmarva, or be able to demonstrate financial need to attend this
conference.

3) Currently be a farmer/grower who sells what they grow, raise
or produce on their own farm. A farmer/grower may be a sole
proprietorship, a partnership, or a corporation and shall include
family members and employees who assist in the production and/or sales/
marketing of the farm products.

4) Be willing to share what you learned at the conference at the
HLFM workshop in the spring so that we may disseminate this
information to other farmers.

To receive an application and more information about the conference,
please call (302) 644-1436 or email
HistoricLewes...@comcast.net.

Completed applications are due no later than Thursday, December 31,
2012. All scholarship applicants will be notified of awards by
January 7, 2012.