Homegrown Giving

The ACH Seeds Homegrown Giving Award is in its third year. The award provides grants of $10,000 to six regional ag-related groups to fund projects directly benefitting their communities. ACH Seed Crystal Brand Sales Lead Andy Finkral says they’re receiving more and more submissions each year. “This year we had over 20 submissions in just one of our six regions. They’re all very deserving and great projects but we can only pick one per region.” One of those winners is the Renville County, Minnesota FFA chapter, which plans to upgrade its machine shop with the money. FFA advisor Jason Stewig says some of the equipment the kids are using is long overdue for replacement, “We’re going to update some of our equipment that is a bit outdated. Some of my welding equipment is from around 1950 and while it works well, it will be nice to have newer equipment.” Renville FFA also plans to use the money to help increase opportunities for their students to give back to their community through field trips that will highlight ag-related careers.