(Form 2020)

FLOYD AND LELA BADGER MEMORIAL
LOCAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Briefly, Badger Local Enterprise Grant

A grant of $1000 (one thousand dollars) to a graduating high school senior from Sullivan County to promote family farms and businesses, local economies, and rural life in Sullivan County.

The grant may be used to support study at a post-high school institution of higher learning, a vocational or technical school, or a non-traditional educational experience such as an apprenticeship or on-the-job training at an established family farm or local business.  The study could include such topics as sustainable agriculture, rural living, local economies, and starting a business.

The successful awardee must commit to training that will lead to a career owning, managing, or working at a small, local enterprise (farm or business) in Sullivan County.

The applicant that demonstrates a willingness to pursue farming, organic farming and sustainable practices will be favored, as will one that demonstrates a willingness to farm in concert with natural plant, animal and soil ecology, and learn the science related to such natural farming practices.  Applicants that demonstrate a willingness to engage in a local business that supports such farming practices will likewise be favored.

References:

-The Land Institute of Wes Jackson,  https://landinstitute.org
-The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
-A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
-Buffalo for the Broken Heart by Dan O’Brien
- https://www.opensourceecology.org
- https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic