ST. PAUL – State Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, announces Albany Area Schools has received a $3,005 state agricultural project grant.
The grant was issued by the Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council to support Albany’s “Growing Dreams in Horticulture” project. The MAELC indicates the funding “will help supply lab materials for their brand-new greenhouse allowing the program to provide a hands-on approach to course offerings such as horticulture, biology, plant science and floriculture.”
“It’s good to see one of our area schools receiving this support,” Anderson said. “Career and tech education is regaining the importance it deserves, and this grant will help Albany and its ag instructor, Amy Zimmermann, continue to help lead the resurgence.”
MAELC reports that, since its creation in 1997, it has awarded more than $16.1 million in various forms to support agricultural education and programs in Minnesota.
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