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Our Core Partners with Chester Agricultural Center and Rise & Root Farm as part of the USDA's 2023 Equity in Conservation Outreach Cooperative Agreement.
Feb. 2023
USDA is investing up to $70 million in cooperative agreements to support outreach to underserved producers and communities about opportunities with NRCS for natural resource conservation, climate-smart agriculture and forestry... 

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Our Core Receives a Grant From the National Farm to School Network COVID-19 Relief Fund

Aug. 2020

Our Core is proud to announce that we have received a $5,000 grant from the National Farm to School Network to support our ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding will be used...  

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Girls to Ladies coordinate coat drives in Heritage and NFA North

Nov. 17, 2017

8th grade members of Girls to Ladies coordinated a coat drive to donate to the community. Mariah Henry, NFA Class of 2011 and one of the first members of Girls to...
 

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Making Piece, The Awesome Foundation

Mar. 2019

Members of Girls to Ladies are planning a collaboratively produced anti-violence project called Making Piece. This will be the installation of a cooperatively created quilt of verbal and visual art, that will be 'toured' in multiple venues followed by a community discussion and performance component and the production of a book that...

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NFA North Partners with Loaves and Fishes, Hudson Valley Press

Dec. 27, 2017

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NEWBURGH – On Monday, November 20th, students from Girls to Ladies and Excelsior Academy at NFA North volunteered with Loaves and Fishes, local... 

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