| Petaluma Teen Receives National Scholarship |
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Mandy Brazil
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National Farmers' Farm Kids for College national youth scholarship has named its top three award recipients for 2009. Three high school students earned $1,000 each - Mandy Brazil, Petaluma, Calif., Hannah Murphy, Ennis, Texas, and Bradley McVey, Fredonia, Kan.
"The Farm Kids for College national judging panel selected three top farm kids to receive $1,000 scholarships each," said Farm Kids for College Scholarship Coordinator Helene Bergren. "We're proud to help these outstanding youth representing rural America achieve their goals, gain an education and secure a strong future in one of America's most important industries, agriculture."
The national scholarship competition is open to high school seniors committed to pursuing college degrees in agricultural fields. The Farm Kids for College competition is based on students' academic achievement, extracurricular activities, character and future contribution to agriculture.
Brazil is a senior at Petaluma High School, Petaluma, Calif., and plans to pursue an education in agricultural communications at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She wants to become an advocate for the agriculture industry. She owns her own herd of Angus beef cattle, and 50 registered and grade Holstein dairy cattle that she sells as herd replacements.
Brazil has served as her Future Farmers of America chapter president, reporter and publicity committee chair, and ranks in the top four percent of her high school graduating class. She has served as vice president of the California State Holstein Association, earned the National Dairy Jeopardy Reserve Champion title, participated in the Two Rock 4-H Club, as well as many other honors and activities.
National Farmers, a non-profit organization, provides professional marketing and risk management services in grain, livestock and dairy commodities, as well as farm financial services for producers nationwide. "It's a natural extension of National Farmers' goals that we would encourage and help young people pursue their goals in American agriculture," Bergren added.
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