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Farm Credit East Awards $206,000 in Higher Education Scholarships

Farm Credit East, the Northeast’s largest agricultural lender, recently awarded $206,000 in higher education scholarships to 38 student recipients. Farm Credit East’s scholarship program supports students with diverse career aspirations in agriculture, commercial fishing, forest products and related fields from across the association’s eight-state territory.

June 17, 2026

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Winners of Farm Credit East’s Lipinski Rural Initiatives Award Announced

Farm Credit East was pleased to recently award two winners of the Lipinski Rural Initiatives Award.

May 12, 2025

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Farm Credit East Accepting Applications to Support Northeast Farmers Markets

Farm Credit East is now accepting applications for its Farmers Market Grant program. Interested farmers markets may apply through May 15.

April 28, 2025

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Farm Credit East Contributes $100,000 to Northeast Food Security Initiatives

Farm Credit East recently announced it contributed $100,000 to Northeast food security initiatives as part of the Food Access Infrastructure Initiative. The Urban Agriculture Cooperative, based in Newark, New Jersey, and the Burlington Food Pantry, located in Burlington, Maine, each received $50,000 to improve infrastructure and help mitigate food insecurity.

March 12, 2025

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Apply for a Farm Credit East Higher Education Scholarship by March 20

Farm Credit East is currently accepting scholarship applications from high school seniors and college students with career aspirations in agriculture, commercial fishing and the forest products industries from across the association’s eight-state territory. Applications are due by March 20.

March 05, 2025