ANDREW RIDER of Delphi has been awarded a $384.50 grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCRSARE) for the project, "The Efficiency of Jerusalem Artichokes (Sunchokes) as a part of a diversified pasture plan for my free range feed pigs." The grant was awarded as part of the NCR-SARE's Youth Grant Program.

The NCR-SARE program began a competitive grants program exclusively to fund grants for youth striving for agricultural sustainability. These are grants for up to $400 are for on-farm research, demonstration, or education projects by youth ages 8-21. Research and demonstration projects are for hands-on efforts to explore sustainable agriculture issues and practices. Thirty projects were selected this year for funding in the region.