2019 SSAWG Conference Scholarship Application Survey

Scholarships:
INCLUDES: Conference registration (for general conference registration only), round trip van travel from Baton Rouge to Little Rock, Arkansas and three nights lodging. We are no longer traveling by bus due to limited funds.
DOES NOT INCLUDE: Food costs; cost of short courses, mini courses or field trips; and additional nights of lodging other than those indicated above. Also not included is parking or mileage if you choose to drive on your own.

Eligibility: Scholarships are only available to mentor farmers, NGO/ Ag Professionals, and cooperative extension that work with farmers or in the food system. A mentor farmer is an individual who teaches others what they have learned. Mentor farmers may be active in a farmers market, farmer cooperative, associations, or simply be a producer who tries innovative practices and hosts field days, trainings, demonstrations, and other events. We would like to encourage all county agents and cooperative extension to apply as they are in an opportune position to share their experience and knowledge from the conference to other farmers and agriculture professionals in Louisiana.

For more information on the SSAWG conference, visit www.ssawg.org/january-2019-conference/.

If you have any questions, please contact Sydney Melhado, smelhado@agcenter.lsu.edu, or 225-578-1037.

Name *

Address

Address 2

City/Town *

State/Province *

ZIP/Postal Code *

Email Address *

Phone Number *

Cooperative Extension

NGO/Non-Profit Representative

Farmer/Rancher

Ag Professional

State Agency/NRCS

Teacher/Researcher/Academic

Community Activist

Non-LSU Student

Other (please specify)

Job Title

Organization Name

Name of School (for students)

Major/Subject of Focus

Producing - Farmer Training/ Assistance

Processing

Distribution and Aggregation - i.e. farm to school, food hubs, farmers markets, co-ops

Access

Consumption

Waste/ Recovery

Food Policy

Other (please specify)

Please provide the following information if you farm now or plan to start farming in the near future.

Full-Time

Part-Time

N/A

None

Less than 5 years

5-10 years

More than 10 years

N/A

Horticultural crops (fruits, nuts, & vegetables)

Livestock

Field crops (corn, soybeans, etc.)

Poultry

Ornamental Plants

Fish and other aquatic animals

Timber products

Other (please specify)

If you are awarded a scholarship you will be required to submit a one page report detailing how you are using and sharing the information.

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* 1. Please provide your contact information below.

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* 2. Please choose a classification. There is a separate application for LSU students who wish to attend SSAWG 2019(surveymonkey.com/r/SSAWG2019StudentApp).

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* 3. Are you applying to be a Grow Louisiana Beginning Farmer? For more information or to apply, visit surveymonkey.com/r/ApplyGrowLA2019.

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* 4. Please list your job title and organization name, or name of university and major if you are a student.

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* 5. Are you able to attend the full conference (Friday and Saturday, January 25 & 26, 2019)?

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* 6. Have you ever attended the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG) Annual Conference before?

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* 7. Have you received a Louisiana Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (LA SARE) scholarship to attend SSAWG before?

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* 8. Describe your work within the food systems and how you help to promote sustainable food systems.

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* 9. How do you reach out to producers, your community, and your local food system? Please, describe different types of activities (e.g. education, leadership, etc.). Be sure to adequately establish your role in the food system.

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* 10. Please list any farmer or community organizations of which you are a member.

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* 11. Please explain why you would like to attend the SSAWG conference. Be specific (i.e. a session that stands out, a group you hope to meet...)

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* 12. Please describe in detail (3-5 sentences) how you will disseminate the information you gather at the conference to others in your community. (Do you plan to hold a workshop at your organization? Contribute to a newsletter? Etc.)

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* 13. If you have been to SSAWG before please provide specific examples of how you have disseminated information that you gathered at SSAWG to your community.

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* 14. What are the TWO most predominant types of projects that you work on within the community-based food systems?

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* 15. Describe your ambition to use farming practices that enhance, rather than harm natural resources.

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* 16. Are you currently farming?

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* 17. If NO to previous question, do you plan to start farming within the next year?

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* 18. Are you, or will you be, a full-time or part-time farmer?

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* 19. How many years experience do you have in farming?

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* 20. What are the TWO most important kinds of products that you produce on your farm or ranch?