WHO WE ARE

The Whiteside County Farm Bureau® Foundation provides educational opportunities that impact the future of the food and agricultural industry in Whiteside County, and around the world. This is accomplished through our Five Pillars of Commitment:

EDUCATION: Improve the agriculture profession by providing scholarships to local students and continuing education for farmers, agribusiness professionals, large animal veterinarians, scientists, and farm association professionals of today and tomorrow.
AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM: Develop and distribute classroom resources and to local schools that educate students about agriculture, and provide classroom presentations on agriculture-related topics.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING: Help develop agriculture's leaders of tomorrow.
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES: Support local, regional and statewide charitable events and organizations that impact agriculture.
RESEARCH: Support research in alternative crops, animal medicine, new uses for farm products, and conservation and natural resources.

We’re able to make this impact through the generous support of individual sponsorships and corporate friends who share our mission of impacting the future of Agriculture.

OUR HISTORY

The Whiteside County Farm Bureau® Foundation was formed in 1988. From just one scholarship awarded in 1992, the Foundation has dramatically increased the amount of scholarships and the number of recipients impacted each year. To date, the foundation has awarded over $185,000 in scholarships.

The addition of our agricultural literacy program followed in 2000. Initially created to bring Agriculture in the Classroom programming to Whiteside County classrooms, the program has grown to reach more than 12,000 students annually. This impact expands even further when you add in the teachers, parents and family members who learn about our programming, and the importance of Agriculture second hand.

In recent years, the agricultural literacy program has expanded outside the traditional elementary school classroom to include working with local FFA programs and summer programs like Farm Camp, Farm Camp 2.0, Trades Camp at the Whiteside Area Career Center, Junior Vet University, Summer Agriculture Institute.

Working at the direction of a volunteer board of directors, the Foundation holds several fundraising events throughout the year. Without the support of our individual and corporate donors our mission simply would not be realized. We share our donors energy and enthusiasm for agriculture and strive to represent their passion for the future of our industry.

Through the Decades Trivia Night

By Whiteside County Farm Bureau Foundation

Through the Decades Trivia Night

Test your trivia knowledge from the 60's to today!