The Farm Bureau Foundation of Sonoma County will award more than $30,000 in scholarships this year to deserving students studying agriculture or an agriculture-related field at a four year college, junior college or vocational school. The foundation’s mission it to encourage young people for rewarding careers in agriculture. Last year, there were 45 applicants for the scholarships administered by the Farm Bureau Foundation. Scholarships were awarded to 24 students. All of the scholarship winners were top students, excelling in academic, leadership and community service achievements. Farm Bureau Foundation thanks the individuals, organizations and businesses funding this year’s scholarships. The financial assistance will help prepare a new generation for the challenges of agriculture in a rapidly changing world.

The 2010 Sonoma County Farm Bureau Foundation scholarship winners:

	Bob and Leslie KundeScholarship $10,000 Scholarship Molly Rose Livingston		Bob and Leslie Kunde Scholarship $10,000 Scholarship Brook Parsons
	Royal Petroleum Scholarship $2,000 Scholarship Ryan Beretta		Sonoma County Farm BureauScholarship $1,500 Scholarship Jeannette McClure
	Opperman & SonsScholarship $1,500 Scholarship Joseph Stephenoni		Farm Bureau Foundation of Sonoma County Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Victoria Hamilton
	Farm Bureau Foundation of Sonoma County Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Jacki Strand		Sonoma-Marin Cattlemen & Cattlewomen Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Eric Parsons
	Isolena Maestretti-Bernice Beretta Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Emilie Strand		Clover-Stornetta Farms Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Mandy Brazil
	Rob & Karen Davis Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Taylor Serres		Pat Ryan Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Alina Amaral

	Sunrise Farms Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Heather Ercolano		Sunrise Farms Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Erin Monahan
	Mark Furusho Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Jacqueline Chenoweth		Redwood Coast Petroleum Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Riggs Lokka
	American Ag Credit Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship Jacqueline Balletto		Sunrise Farms Scholarship $500 Scholarship Kristina Mickelson
	Dairymen’s Feed Scholarship $500 Scholarship Katherine Camozzi		Young Farmers & Ranchers Scholarship $500 Scholarship JorDann Crawford
	Young Farmers & Ranchers Scholarship $500 Scholarship Kelli Carstensen		Nu-Cal Foods Scholarship $500 Scholarship Zachary Thode
	North Coast Pest Control Advisors Scholarship $500 Scholarship Julia Murphy

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