The Working Lands Alliance, a project of American Farmland Trust, announced high school students interested in agriculture may enter the first-ever FFA/Agriscience/4-H Student Essay Contest and compete for $1,000 in prizes.
Students are asked to write a 750-word essay to answer the question, “If we, as a state, want to increase everyone’s consumption of Connecticut-grown food and farm products from current levels of less than two percent to 10 percent, what role could farmland protection play and what role could agriscience schools and/or the University of Connecticut 4-H play in meeting that goal?”
The contest is open to all high school agriscience students, high school-level Future Farmers of America members and 4-H members in high school.
The deadline for entries is April 25. For more information on the essay contest, visit the Working Lands Alliance website: workinglandsalliance.org.