The official document of the University of Missouri reads “Family,
friends and former students of Dr. Martz established the Fred and Donna Martz
Scholarship Endowment Fund on 3-15-2012 to provide scholarship awards to
students undertaking study in the Sustainable Agriculture Program of the
College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources”.
The Martz Scholarship
is a very fulfilling honor for the entire Martz family. Never in my wildest dreams did I envision the
establishment of such an award. I always
envisioned such honors went to those with many more achievements and talents
than me. The endowment has now grown to
two $1,500 awards each year.
Preference for the
award is for students studying Sustainable Agriculture, Animal Science,
Agronomy and/or Soils. Applicants
are required to write an essay, not to exceed one page, about their personal
vision for sustainable agriculture and the applicant shall have completed or be
enrolled in a sustainable agriculture course.
Studies teach that practices and theories in Sustainable Agriculture
must be profitable, environmentally friendly and socially acceptable.
As scholarship
recipients move on in their careers, they continue to demonstrate sustainable
agricultural practices in a variety of interesting projects, all contributing to
the intended objectives.
·
Luke
Freeman is working as a Horticulturist at the Southeast Area Center of the
National Center for Applied Technology in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His wife, Natalie, sells produce and eggs
from their store, The Freckled Hen Farmhouse.
·
Jessica
Hill, a 2014 recipient serves as Assistant Farm Manager at the Jones Valley
Teaching Farm, Birmingham, Alabama where she teaches Middle Schoolers. At the Farm they give students hands-on
experience with soil and plants to help them connect discoveries in the
classroom to action in the community.
·
Kendra
Earl, a 2015 recipient, is finishing her Master’s Degree in Agricultural
Economics and recently did a 6-week visit/study in Southern Peru (14,000 ft.
elevation) with poor farmers where she studied if or how a previous 10-year
livestock project (Alpaca improvement) has affected their lives. This information will contribute to her
thesis.
These
examples illustrate the ripple effect of schooling and scholarship. The
Sustainable Agriculture Program, as well as the Martz family, are very proud of
the continuing outreach of our scholarship winners.
~Fred Martz
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