The National FFA Organization awarded a $1,000 Cargill Community scholarship to Catherine Martin of Logan County High School FFA. Cargill, as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, sponsors the scholarship. Catherine plans to use the funds to pursue a degree at Western Kentucky University.

This scholarship is one of 1,462 awarded through the National FFA Scholarship Program this year. Currently, 128 corporate sponsors generously contribute approximately $2.2 million to support this program. This is the 25th year that scholarships have been made available through the National FFA Foundation by business and industry sponsors to reward and encourage excellence and enable students to pursue their educational goals.

Scholarship recipients were selected from 7,810 applicants from across the country. Selections were based on the applicant’s academic record, FFA and other school and community activities, supervised agricultural experience program in agricultural education and future goals.

The National FFA Organization, formerly known as the Future Farmers of America, is a national youth organization of 507,763 student members– all preparing for leadership and careers in science, business and technology of agriculture– as part of the 7,439 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. Visit www.ffa.org for more information.