GROWING THE GOODNESS
Blue Diamond Growers Foundation Awards 25 Students with 2024-2025 Scholarship
The next generation of agricultural professionals will need to put in hard work and be deeply dedicated to maintain the industry’s continued success. The Blue Diamond Growers Foundation understands that well and has chosen 25 scholarship recipients who are students pursuing higher education in the 2024-2025 academic year. The Foundation supports the next generation of difference makers who are committed to upholding the future of their communities and agriculture.
Please meet this year’s scholarship recipients and read excerpts from their essays to learn about their goals for the future.
Lillian Agueda (Hughson, CA) Fall 2024 School: Modesto Junior College Major: Ag Education The connection with children when you interact with and introduce them to something is where my passion for education grew. This sparked
Claire Boles (Hamilton City, CA) Fall 2024 School: Kansas State University Major: Agronomics I am excited to become an ag accountant to help farmers and ranchers address the financial and operational challenges of the industry.
I want to show support for local farmers, like my dad, and ensure that their legacy stays alive. With hard work and advanced coursework, I am confident that I can become a qualified accountant and reach my goals.
my interest to become an ag educator. I have learned through experiences like these that engaging with those in our community will not only impact their knowledge of agriculture, but it will help support the future of our society.
Luis Bucio (Woodland, CA) Fall 2024 School: UC Davis Major: Plant and Soil Science
Brady Amarel (Nicolaus, CA) Fall 2024 School: Texas Tech University Major: Agribusiness My goal is to return to our prune, almond and walnut farm as a fourth- generation farmer and to further my education by becoming a Certified
My purpose for pursuing a degree in the plant science field is my passion for agriculture. As a plant scientist, I want to breed and genetically modify plants to be able to grow in many different
conditions throughout the world, hence, solving one of our major issues: the location of where to grow certain crops.
Pest Control Advisor… I am ready for a career that teaches me to be an innovator out of necessity and cultivate a life I love and value. My dirty boots tell the story of a farmer’s son eager to continue an eight-decade legacy of farming advancement.
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