MAC Organizational Sponsors

Bristol County Farm Bureau

Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association

Community Education, UMass

Fitchburg State College

Fitchburg State College

Hampden County Farm Bureau

Massachusetts Association of Roadside Stands and Pick-Your-Own

Massachusetts Beekeepers Association

Massachusetts Council of Social Studies

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation

Massachusetts 4-H Youth & Family Development

Massachusetts Fruit Grower's Association

Massachusetts Lamb and Wool Board

Massachusetts Maple Producers Association

Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association

Massachusetts School Teachers

Massachusetts State Grange

Middlesex County Farm Bureau

New England Poultry Association

Northeast Organic Farming Association

Pioneer Valley Sheep and Wooll Growers Association

UMass Extension

USDA, Food and Nutrition Program

USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Worcester County Conservation District

Worcester County Farm Bureau

 

Program Sponsors:

The following organizations have contributed financial & support for our educational programs in 2010:

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom was awarded a Specialty Crops Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources in the amount of $22,700 to support the development of a state-wide school gardening initiative.

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources annually donates the sales from the Massachusetts Agriculture Calendar

The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture

The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture awarded Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom a $9,000 grant for development of resources and tools to support volunteer training and outreach.

 

The Whole Foods Markets in the Northeast Region

The Northeast Regional Whole Foods Markets donated $1,000 to Sponsor our Fall Conference for Educators

The Western Massachusetts Trustees of the Eastern States Exposition

The Western Massachusetts Trustees of the Eastern States Exposition donated $1,363 to support the development of the Teacher Resource for the Fall 2010 Newsletter and for printing the resource for distribution in the Massachusetts Building at the Fair.

Northeast Farm Credit AgEnhancement Program
The Northeast Farm Credit AgEnhancement Program awarded MAC a $1,000 grant to support some printing costs for our Winter 2010 Newsletter and additional grant in the amount of $2,860 was awarded in 2011 to support a new Scholarship program.

Big Y Foods, Inc.
Big Y Foods, Inc. awarded MAC a $1,000 donation from the Big Y Paul H. D'Amour Memorial Charity Golf Outing to Support our Winter Conference for Educators in 2011