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Village Nurseries scholarship awarded to Sherman

ESCONDIDO — Emily Sherman of Fallbrook was recently selected by the San Diego County Farm Bureau (SDCFB) Scholarship Committee to receive the Village Nurseries Tom House Memorial Scholarship in recognition of her zeal and motivation to educate the community about agriculture’s value.

Sherman, a sophomore at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo majoring in agribusiness with a concentration in marketing, has made it somewhat of a personal mission to open the eyes of consumers to the importance agriculture plays in their everyday lives.

With a career goal of working at a major agriculture firm in marketing she believes she can realize that mission, taking every opportunity to interact with the public on many levels, including educating them on where their food, fiber and flowers come from.

The Village Nurseries Tom House Memorial Scholarship is one of several named scholarship funds established through the SDCFB Scholarship Program, which enables businesses in the community to show their support for education, youth and agriculture.

Through scholarships and its recognition of Village Nurseries founder Tom House, the nursery hopes its support of ag youth education will bring some of that talent to their door as future employees.

The SDCFB Scholarship Program began in 1999 with the primary source of scholarship funds coming from private donations and named scholarship awards. The balance is raised from the organization’s annual fall Scholarship Golf Tournament, scheduled this year for September 25.

 

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