Minnesota Corn is excited to announce that it is sponsoring over 40 events, organizations and educational programs in 2022.

Each year, as part of its mission to engage younger generations, develop future leaders and build connections with the non-farming public, Minnesota Corn offers sponsorships to the agricultural community. The sponsorship request-for-proposals process is overseen by the Grower Services Focus Team, which is comprised of board members from the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) and Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council (MCR&PC).

Grower-leaders say they’re grateful to the many deserving agricultural organizations, educational programs and events that submitted sponsorship proposals for 2022. We look forward to seeing the positive effects the selected programs have on Minnesota youth and the broader community.

Notable initiatives to receive funding this year include:

• Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom, a public-private partnership that provides free curriculum, educational resources, grants, outreach and professional development opportunities to increase ag literacy through K-12 education;
• Minnesota Agriculture & Rural Leadership, a program that helps farmers and rural professionals develop leadership skills through a series of seminars around the state;
• Farmamerica, the Waseca-based agricultural interpretive center. The funding will go toward Farmamerica’s capital campaign;
• a biotechnology workshop that will be held by Nourish the Future, a national agricultural-education initiative;
• University of Minnesota’s Extension 4-H Agronomy program;
• the Minnesota FFA Foundation; and
• “Farm Crawl,” an interactive mobile map of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s Farm at the Arb.

To learn more about Minnesota Corn-sponsored programs and organizations, visit mncorn.org/outreach.