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| SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | Telephone (803) 734-2210 | |||||
| D. LESLIE TINDAL, COMMISSIONER | Becky Walton, Director of Public Information | |||||
| P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, South Carolina 29211 | bwalton@scda.state.sc.us | |||||
| www.scda.state.sc.us |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2002
SCFAA Scholarships Awarded
COLUMBIA, SC---To promote agricultural education in the state, the South Carolina Fertilizer and Agrichemicals Assocation (SCFAA) presents two scholarships annually to worthy Clemson University students in crop and soil environmental science, horticulture, or biosystems engineering.
Rachel Macauley Vanblaricom of Clemson, SC, a senior in Biosystems Engineering, was awarded the A.B. Everett Scholarship, and Michael Wall of Easley, SC, a junior in Biosystems Engineering, received the Gilbert H. Collings Scholarship. Each recipient was selected by the Clemson University Scholarships and Awards Committee on behalf of the SCFAA.
The SCFAA was formed in 1988 with the merger of the Pesticide Association of SC and the SC Plant Food Educational Society. SCFAA members include fertilizer, chemical, and seed company representatives and others involved in the production, processing, and marketing of crop production products. Members of the SCFAA work closely with regulatory officials and legislators to make sure that the products they produce, process, and sell to farmers meet or exceed the highest quality standards possible.
Aside from agricultural education, the SCFAA supports research, improved crop protection production practices, regulatory initiatives, pesticide product packaging advances, and progressive farm policies. These initiatives combine to yield significant agricultural and environmental-friendly contributions to the state."
SCFAA members also work closely with regulatory officials and legislators to make sure that the products they produce, process, and sell to farmers meet or exceed the highest quality standards possible. The SCFAA member companies provide the fertilizers and other agrichemicals that have helped farmers fight weeds, insects, and diseases---products that have helped bring consumers wholesome, nutritional, affordable foods and fiber.
For more information on the South Carolina Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association scholarships, call Jack Cullipher, SCFAA Executive Director, at 803-732-9093.
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