Student posters submitted for Alabama's Farm-City poster contest illustrate the interdependence of rural and urban resources. |
This year the National Farm-City Week Kickoff Luncheon will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, in coordination with the Alabama Farm-City Committee. Save the date for Thursday, November 20, 2008 for special events related to advancing farm and city awareness!
The luncheon will highlight National Farm-City Week, a nationally designated abservance held the week leading up to and including Thanksgiving, Nov. 21-27. More event details will be shared as they become available!
With very active Farm-City county committees, Alabama’s Farm-City programs include poster and essay contests for youth. Young artists and writers were recognized this spring for their outstanding entries. The theme for both contests was “Alabama the Bountiful.” Students qualified for the state awards by winning first place in their county contests.
In the poster contest, Tristan Priest of Cullman County placed first in the kindergarten through third-grade division, while Memphis Casivant of DeKalb County took top honors among fourth- to sixth-graders. Second place in the kindergarten through third-grade division went to Holly Hargett of Franklin County, and Zac Ehl of Jefferson County placed second for grades 4-6.
First-place winners in the poster contest received $200, as did their schools, while second-place winners and their schools received $100 each.
Taking top honors in the essay contest were Sawyer Spratlin of Randolph County, grades 7-9, and Anna Holbird of Dallas County, grades 10-12. Chandler Mulvaney of Lee County placed second among seventh- through ninth-graders, and Della Stabler of Lee County won second place in the 10th- through 12th-grade division. First-place winners in the essay contest received $300, and their schools received $300 as well. Second-place winners and their schools received $200. |
