HOME IFB Weekly - IFB Weekly - November 6, 2023 How Farm Bureau Served its Members in October

  From the President: 

See below for a list of ways IFB has provided value to our members in October. I encourage you to use this as a tool to help recruit and retain members. 

  • The IAA Foundation awarded $647,000 in grant funding to support local Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (IAITC) efforts. That’s an average of $8,000 to each of 80 Ag Literacy Coalitions, which serve 89 total Illinois counties. IAITC also announced its Teacher of the Year recipient, a Bloomington teacher who teaches STEM to elementary school students.  

  • Illinois Farm Bureau filed comments with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, explaining concerns with the agency’s draft herbicide strategy for endangered species. 

  • Through the Illinois Farm Families coalition, IFB partnered with other state farmer organizations and Casey’s to celebrate farmers and promote the “We Are the 96” campaign. The effort aims to increase consumer trust in where their food comes from.  

  • IFB launched a new Rural Development Grant Program to provide financial support to projects that will benefit Farm Bureau members and other rural Illinois residents. 

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