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The nonprofit Spriestersbach Farm Corp., the Indiana Farm Bureau and the Clark County Farm Bureau will administer the funds.
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Farm Sale Aims to Boost Ag Education
Proceeds from an upcoming auction of a more than century-old family farm will provide funding for education initiatives. Indiana Farm Bureau says funds from the Spriestersbach farm sale in Clark County will be used to set up scholarships and grants for agricultural programs. Corydon-based Beckort Auctions LLC will handle the December auction.
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October 16, 2012
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Louis Spriestersbach wanted the Clark County farm that had been in his family since 1831 preserved into perpetuity. He also wanted to provide opportunities for youth and the general public to learn about agriculture today and in the past.
He turned to Farm Bureau for help.
Spriestersbach died a few years ago, but on Dec. 4, the Spriestersbach farm, soon to be protected by a conservation easement donated to the George Rogers Clark Land Trust, will be sold and the funds raised will be used to provide scholarships for youth and grants for educational programs aimed at youth, educators and the general public.
"Supported programs will foster a more thorough understanding of farming life, our food production system and our agricultural heritage," said Mark Thornburg, Indiana Farm Bureau's general counsel.
The funds will be administered by the Spriestersbach Farm Corp., a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, in cooperation with Indiana Farm Bureau and the Clark County Farm Bureau.
For more information on the farm and the auction, call Beckort Auctions LLC, 812-738-9476.
Source: Indiana Farm Bureau
