Local charities benefit from Monsanto's community project

Jim Faust of Pricetown has been presented with two checks for $2,500 each as part of the Monsanto Company’s “America’s Farmers Grow Communities” project.

Monsanto is a leading agriculture company dedicated to the total agricultural industry that annually presents thousands of dollars to various charitable projects on behalf of selected farmers. The “America’s Farmers Grow Communities” project is made possible through the support of the Monsanto Company.

Faust has been selected as the recipient from Highland County. He and his wife, Karen, live on a grain and cattle farm in the Pricetown area. He is a retired FFA and 4-H adviser and is very involved in numerous boards and church and community activities.

The donations are designed to be given to a local farmer. The recipient is then asked to donate the funds to charitable projects of their choice. Faust stated that the first check will be given to the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation for use in the Highland County Farm Bureau’s Grain Rescue project.

The second check will be given to the Pricetown Church of Christ and its missions program, which supports missionaries and numerous mission projects around the nation and the world.

The check from Monsanto will go to the LIfeline Children’s Food project in Haiti and the children’s food project in southeast Asia that is regularly supported by the Pricetown congregation.

The checks were presented to Faust at the Water Quality meeting that was held on March 18 at the Ponderosa Banquet Center in Hillsboro.

The meeting was co-sponsored by the local Farm Bureau organizations and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in the local area. During the luncheon, Jeff Weaver of Lebanon presented the checks on behalf of Monsanto.