The Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association continues its commitment to agriculture and the region by offering five scholarships totaling $10,000 to deserving area youth studying agriculture.
Eligible applicants must live in Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Gloucester, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Stafford, Spotsylvania or Westmoreland counties. Successful applicants must be ages 18-24 and at least graduating seniors in high school, reported Shannon Cave, unit administrative assistant at the Westmoreland County Virginia Cooperative Extension office.
The funds are only eligible for use for undergraduate course work and can include community college agricultural programming and technical ….
