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Programs or education initiatives supported by the Foundation typically fall into three main areas:
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Earning and keeping the public's trust in our production practices. |
Engaging and equipping our people for lifelong learning, including our next generation of dairy producers. |
Building an endowment fund for dairy's future. |
PDPF has recently directed support to the following programs:
ACE brings together rural residents and local elected officials to learn about agriculture issues that impact their communities.
Leading organization: Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
A fun, hands-on weekend that generates enthusiasm for careers in production dairy among teenagers.
Leading organization: Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
Pairs college students with PDPW producer-mentors to share real-world experiences on dairy operations.
Leading organization: Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
Provides an opportunity for students to gain on-farm, professional experience and to “test-drive” careers in different segments of the dairy profession.
Leading organization:Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
This producer-led Coalition includes members from every sector of the dairy industry. The Foundation served as a “neutral ground” for collecting and distributing funds from all industry participants.
Leading organization: Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
This program, hosted at the 2011 Maryland Dairy Convention provides lectures and hands-on demonstrations to help producers proactively improve cattle care and comfort, centered around the standards set by various animal welfare assessment programs.
Leading organization: Maryland Dairy Shrine
an educational effort to provide dairy producers with management information, networking and innovations through direct and interactive means.
Leading organization: North Carolina Association for Dairy Stabilization and Growth
The majority of our grants to date have gone to fund programs initiated by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin. However, as the Foundation grows, we intend to fund programs from other producer-led groups as well, providing they fall into our three main funding focus areas.
We urge you to help us spread the word about the Foundation, so that we can improve our industry awareness, build our fundraising support, and increase our capacity to fund worthy education efforts.
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