Scholarships Available for Swiss Valley Farms Members
02/23/2009

Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative is pleased to again offer four agriculture scholarships in addition to one scholarship for a non-ag major.
Co-op members who are studying agriculture-related majors can compete for four scholarships . . . two for $1,000 and two for $500. These four scholarships are designed to promote the study of agriculture beyond the high school level. There is also offered a $500 scholarship for students studying in any field.
To be eligible for any of these scholarships, an applicant must be a co-op member or a son or daughter of a co-op member, or the manager or operator of a farm for a Swiss Valley Farms, Co. member, or a student whose family manages or operates a farm for a Swiss Valley Farms, Co. member at the time of submitting the scholarship application and when the cash awards are made.
Any high school graduate or any 2009 college student who meets these qualifications is eligible to apply for a scholarship. However, if you have won a Swiss Valley Farms scholarship in the past, you are ineligible to win another.
The applicant must be enrolled full-time in an accredited university, college or vocational-technical institution for a degree program or short-course program. To get an application, click on the link below. All applications must be mailed back to Swiss Valley Farms by July 15th, 2009.
Download Scholarship Form
http://www.swissvalley.com/pdfs/2009_SVF_Scholarship_Form.pdf