NATIONAL DAY OF GIVING, “STUFF THE TRUCK”
USDA annually hosts a food drive for the Feds Feed Families campaign, and we continue to work alongside our federal family to address the issue of food insecurity. As part of our campaign, the USDA team hosted a National Day of Giving Stuff-the-Truck event on August 10, 2021. Employees of the Hillsboro Service Center are happy to announce their participation in the event by donating 715 pounds of food items and 15 pounds of personal hygiene products to local food pantries and the homeless shelter. This year marks the 12th annual government-wide Feds Feed Families food drive.
USDA annually hosts a food drive for the Feds Feed Families campaign, and we continue to work alongside our federal family to address the issue of food insecurity. As part of our campaign, the USDA team hosted a National Day of Giving Stuff-the-Truck event on August 10, 2021. Employees of the Hillsboro Service Center are happy to announce their participation in the event by donating 715 pounds of food items and 15 pounds of personal hygiene products to local food pantries and the homeless shelter. This year marks the 12th annual government-wide Feds Feed Families food drive.
2020 Summer Litter Clean-up
The Highland SWCD partnered with the Clermont and Brown SWCD’s to organize a virtual ‘’Do-It-Yourself” summer litter clean-up event throughout the month of July. We would like to thank Scout troops from across Highland County for stepping to the plate and participating in a clean-up event held in Lynchburg on July 25, 2020. Volunteers broke down in small groups near the Lion Club Park to collect litter and keep it from polluting our local streams. It was encouraging to see this clean-up event move forward and raise environmental awareness through our youth. Every little bit of trash collected will make a big difference in our community taking action towards litter prevention.
The Highland SWCD partnered with the Clermont and Brown SWCD’s to organize a virtual ‘’Do-It-Yourself” summer litter clean-up event throughout the month of July. We would like to thank Scout troops from across Highland County for stepping to the plate and participating in a clean-up event held in Lynchburg on July 25, 2020. Volunteers broke down in small groups near the Lion Club Park to collect litter and keep it from polluting our local streams. It was encouraging to see this clean-up event move forward and raise environmental awareness through our youth. Every little bit of trash collected will make a big difference in our community taking action towards litter prevention.
6th Annual Highland County Farm Tour a Success
The 6th Annual Highland County Farm Tour took place on Sept. 14, 2019. The farm tour was a result of a collaborative effort between Highland County Farm Bureau and Highland Soil and Water Conservation District. Over 100 people attended the event in the Fairview area.
The tour featured beautiful, diverse farms and provided beneficial information on local sustainable agriculture. The tour consisted of stops at the following locations: Bonnie Burchwell Farm; featuring a presentation on pond management by Aquatic Biologist Anthony Bruno from Jones Fish, Stroud’s Apiary; where participants learned how to become a beekeeper, Higgins Steel Roofing; which offered a unique look behind the scenes of their performance panel operation, see first-hand how honey is processed and tour the extensive beekeeping products sold at Higgins. In addition to learning about these unique farms, participants also enjoyed a pollinator habitat presentation from Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist Barb Bauer after lunch on the importance of maintaining habitat to protect our pollinators.
The 6th Annual Highland County Farm Tour took place on Sept. 14, 2019. The farm tour was a result of a collaborative effort between Highland County Farm Bureau and Highland Soil and Water Conservation District. Over 100 people attended the event in the Fairview area.
The tour featured beautiful, diverse farms and provided beneficial information on local sustainable agriculture. The tour consisted of stops at the following locations: Bonnie Burchwell Farm; featuring a presentation on pond management by Aquatic Biologist Anthony Bruno from Jones Fish, Stroud’s Apiary; where participants learned how to become a beekeeper, Higgins Steel Roofing; which offered a unique look behind the scenes of their performance panel operation, see first-hand how honey is processed and tour the extensive beekeeping products sold at Higgins. In addition to learning about these unique farms, participants also enjoyed a pollinator habitat presentation from Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist Barb Bauer after lunch on the importance of maintaining habitat to protect our pollinators.