By Shelby Shank
Field Editor

Grants are available to help bring agriculture into classrooms and strengthen agricultural literacy through hands-on learning.

The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is offering funding through the 2026-2027 White-Reinhardt School Year Project Grants to county Farm Bureaus. Grants up to $1,000 will help support K-12 educational programs that highlight the importance of agriculture.

The program encourages agricultural literacy initiatives at the local level.

“The White-Reinhardt Grant Program was designed to spark creative, hands-on projects that help students better understand where their food, fiber and fuel come from,” said Jordan Bartels, Texas Farm Bureau associate director of Organization Division, Education and Outreach. “This grant serves as a great way for county Farm Bureaus and teachers to work together on projects to bring agriculture to life in the classroom.”

The grants can be used to initiate new agricultural literacy programs or expand existing programs.

Grants are available on a competitive basis.

Applications must be submitted by June 12.

Applications must include a timeline and detailed budget with estimated expenses, as well as a summary of the project, goals and anticipated outcomes and the target audience.

Grant recipients will be notified in early July. Selected projects will receive half of their funding at the beginning of the project, and the remaining balance will be disbursed upon project completion and submission of a final written report.

Funding is not available for mileage, field trips, wages and benefits, safety programs or one-time consumable products such as copying, paper, seeds or meals. The intent is to build capacity by funding items that can be used repeatedly.

Funds are disbursed only to the county Farm Bureau and cannot be issued to individuals or other organizations.

The White-Reinhardt Fund for Education is a project of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture in cooperation with the American Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee. The fund honors two former committee chairwomen, Berta White and Linda Reinhardt, who were trailblazers in early national efforts to expand the outreach of agricultural education and improve agricultural literacy.

View all program details on the grant webpage.

Contact foundation@fb.org with any questions.