{"id":251803,"date":"2020-01-30T10:01:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T00:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=251803"},"modified":"2020-01-31T20:33:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T10:33:15","slug":"5m-to-link-kids-with-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"$5m To Link Kids With Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
Federal Agriculture Minister Senator Bridget McKenzie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 30, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Embattled Federal Minister Bridget McKenzie is inviting applications for another grants program … this time to help children understand more about farming.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Senator McKenzie – who is Agriculture Minister\u00a0 – invited applications from State farming organisations for grants under the $5 million “Kids To Farms” program, part of the Federal Government’s\u00a0$10 million “Educating Kids About Agriculture” election commitment.<\/p>\n

Senator McKenzie said children were increasingly removed from directly experiencing life on the land, which was a barrier to choosing agriculture as a career and allowed myths to perpetuate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralian agriculture has a bright and prosperous future so we need to place a high value on educating young people about where, and how, their food and fibre is produced,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we are delivering on an election commitment and investing up to $5 million towards the ‘Kids To Farms’ program which is all about bringing farms and kids closer together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want kids to think cotton is made from animals or that yoghurt\u00a0grows on trees.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to think now about the farmers of tomorrow and how important it is for kids to have a greater understanding of the mighty contribution agriculture makes to Australia\u2019s way of life, regional communities and the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new program will encourage young people to better understand and get excited about agriculture including the many career opportunities it offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur future workforce will operate drones, use satellite technology, and deploy precision agriculture techniques.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need more opportunities for young people to engage directly with agriculture, to see their food and fibre growing, and hear first-hand about our increasingly innovative industry that sustains our land as well as feeding and clothing the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senator McKenzie said “consortia applications” were welcome and interested parties should contact their State farming organisation to express their interest in partnering on projects.<\/p>\n

Grant applications opened on Thursday and will close on February 26.<\/p>\n

Details about the program and how to apply are available on the Community Grants Hub<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Embattled Federal Minister Bridget McKenzie is inviting applications for another grants program … this time to help children understand more about farming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":210917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"\n$5m To Link Kids With Farms - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Embattled Federal Minister Bridget McKenzie is inviting applications for another grants program ... this time to help children understand more about farming.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"$5m To Link Kids With Farms - southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Embattled Federal Minister Bridget McKenzie is inviting applications for another grants program ... this time to help children understand more about farming.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-30T00:01:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-31T10:33:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bridget-mckenzie-f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"301\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/\",\"name\":\"$5m To Link Kids With Farms - southburnett.com.au\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-30T00:01:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-31T10:33:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae\"},\"description\":\"Embattled Federal Minister Bridget McKenzie is inviting applications for another grants program ... this time to help children understand more about farming.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/\",\"name\":\"southburnett.com.au\",\"description\":\"Kingaroy and South Burnett News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae\",\"name\":\"Anne Miller\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/anne-miller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"$5m To Link Kids With Farms - southburnett.com.au","description":"Embattled Federal Minister Bridget McKenzie is inviting applications for another grants program ... this time to help children understand more about farming.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"$5m To Link Kids With Farms - southburnett.com.au","og_description":"Embattled Federal Minister Bridget McKenzie is inviting applications for another grants program ... this time to help children understand more about farming.","og_url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/","og_site_name":"southburnett.com.au","article_published_time":"2020-01-30T00:01:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-31T10:33:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":301,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bridget-mckenzie-f.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anne Miller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anne Miller","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/","name":"$5m To Link Kids With Farms - southburnett.com.au","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-01-30T00:01:26+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-31T10:33:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae"},"description":"Embattled Federal Minister Bridget McKenzie is inviting applications for another grants program ... this time to help children understand more about farming.","inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/30\/5m-to-link-kids-with-farms\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/","name":"southburnett.com.au","description":"Kingaroy and South Burnett News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae","name":"Anne Miller","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/anne-miller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251803"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251957,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251803\/revisions\/251957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}