Salinas, CA – The Grower-Shipper Association Foundation is accepting applications for the 2016 AgKnowledge™ program now through February 17, 2016. Applications are being accepted on the Grower-Shipper Association Foundation website. Applicants are also invited to hand deliver an application to the Grower-Shipper Association Foundation, 512 Pajaro Street, Salinas, CA 93901 Attention: AgKnowledge™ 2016 – Class X. Learn more about AgKnowledge™ at the GSAF website: http://www.growershipperfoundation.org/agknowledge.
Community members are encouraged to apply to the nine-month AgKnowledge™ executive leadership program, which is focused on educating participants about the heritage, diversity, stewardship, and complexity of Monterey County agriculture and the interdependencies of agriculture, local government, and the community.
The AgKnowledge™ program will focus on issues affecting and influenced by the local agricultural industry, including food safety and security, labor and immigration, technology, marketing, conservation, urban/agriculture interfacing, air, water and much more.
More than twenty fellows spend one Friday per month (March – November) over the course of the program attending forums and visiting farms, processing facilities and meeting leaders and innovators in the industry. One of the program’s most popular facets is “Day with a Farmer”– a day spent with a local grower becoming immersed in agriculture from a boots on the ground perspective.
AGKNOWLEDGE 2016-
Presented by Grower-Shipper Association Foundation, a 501 c.3 non-profit organization Mission Statement: To promote and educate about the health, social and cultural benefits of agriculture to the community and society as a whole. AgKnowledge™ is co-sponsored by Grower-Shipper Association and Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner’s office.
For questions, please contact Darlene Din at 831-682-0734 or darlene@growershipper.com.
Source: Grower-Shipper Association Foundation
