{"id":11194,"date":"2020-01-21T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.52.184.4\/~cropinsuranceina\/?p=11194"},"modified":"2020-01-20T11:52:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T17:52:41","slug":"investing-in-the-future-of-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/investing-in-the-future-of-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in the Future of Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Crop Insurance Services is proud to invest in the future of agriculture through the NCIS 1890 Scholarship Program. NCIS awards scholarships to students majoring in agriculture-related disciplines at historically-black 1890 Land Grant Universities.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarship recipients are driven students with strong academic records. Their accomplishments are not constrained to the classroom and students have a dedicated record of service to their communities.<\/p>\n<p>These awards not only help deserving students complete their education, they promote diversity in agriculture in recognition of the wide range of farmers NCIS serves.<\/p>\n<p>NCIS is proud to introduce the exceptional young men and women who have been named this year\u2019s recipients of the NCIS 1890 Scholarship Program.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11207 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Celina_Bowman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"96\" \/>Celina Bowman is from Woodbridge, Virginia, and attends Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. Bowman is majoring in Family and Consumer Science with a concentration in General Dietetics with the goal of becoming a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11206 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Aysha_Callahan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Aysha_Callahan.png 300w, https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Aysha_Callahan-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Aysha_Callahan-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/>A\u2019ysha Callahan is from a low-income neighborhood in Waukegan, Illinois, and is majoring in Food Science at Alabama A&M University. She is dedicated to helping people in poor communities improve their lives by improving their diets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11210 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Myles_Davis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"98\" \/>Myles Davis is from Kansas City, Missouri, attending the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Davis is majoring in Agricultural Business and one day he would like to help reduce food insecurity in low-income urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11209 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Morgan_Green.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Morgan_Green.png 300w, https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Morgan_Green-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Morgan_Green-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/>Morgan Green is from Houston, Texas, and the first member of her immediate family to attend college. She is an Animal Science major at Prairie View A&M University and would like to continue her education to become a veterinarian.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11208 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Kevin_Holmes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Kevin_Holmes.png 300w, https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Kevin_Holmes-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Kevin_Holmes-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/>Kevin H. Holmes Jr. is from Marianna, Arkansas, and is pursuing a degree in Agricultural Business at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.\u00a0 Holmes grew up working on the family farm and would like to use his degree to help his family succeed on the farm.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Crop Insurance Services is proud to invest in the future of agriculture through the NCIS 1890 Scholarship Program. 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