About the Scholarship
In 2010, the Board of Directors launched the John Honey Scholarship Fund, named in honor of founding member of the Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market, John Honey. This annual award of a $2000 scholarship is intended to support the education and future success of local students who are dedicated to promoting local agriculture and enhancing the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of the Hudson Valley.
Who Is Eligible to Apply?
Mid-Hudson Valley high school or college students. High school seniors are especially encouraged to apply.
All qualified applicants are invited to apply regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disabilities.
Preference will be given to applicants who:
• Have shown a commitment to sustainable agriculture, food justice, local and/or organic cuisine, farm-to-table restaurants,
agri-tourism, environmental studies, nutrition and health, food systems, food science, or a related field.
• Are residents of the Mid-Hudson Valley and plan to return to the area after graduating to advance the purpose of the scholarship.
How to Apply?
• Application forms and full requirements and instructions are available HERE
• Submit the completed application on or before May 15 to: rfmscholarships@gmail.com,
or mail to Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market, PO Box 431, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.
• A $2,000 scholarship will be awarded to a qualified candidate selected by the Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market Scholarship Committee.
Scholarship Recipients
The Rhinebeck Farmers' Market announces their 2023 scholarship recipients. These scholarships are awarded to help promote and preserve agriculture and the environment in the Hudson Valley. This year's expanded program will award a total of $5000 in funds and includes the longstanding John Honey Scholarship. Also included in the program is a new scholarship, the Jeff Scales RFM Community Advocacy sponsored jointly by Longwave Financial and the RFM board of directors. In addition, three more awards are granted at the discretion of the board's scholarship committee.
Lauryn Menz has been awarded the $2000 John Honey Scholarship. She is active in and deeply committed to 4H and FFA and looks forward to being a future 4H leader. She began raising and showing dairy goats and hogs when she was only six years old and has shown her livestock throughout the northeast and midwest and has recently been designated as a Master Showman.
Lauryn exemplifies how 4H and FFA provide much more than animal husbandry skills as they help youth develop confidence, determination, public speaking skills, caring for others and responsibility. She will be attending Dutchess Community College to earn an Associate degree and then transfer to SUNY Cobleskill for a degree in Environmental Science.
The new Jeff Scales scholarship honors a student who is deeply engaged in environmental awareness and advocacy in the Hudson Valley. The initial recipient is Stellah Marienthal-LeGendre who will be attending Macalester College beginning in the fall of 2023. Stellah is enthusiastic, sincere, highly motivated and very community minded. She initiated a composting program in the Red Hook Central School as well as being the RH Sunrise Movement coordinator. She is active at school and in the town of Red Hook serving on the RH Town Conservation Advisory Council and the RH Open Space Committee. Among her many activities she participates in sports, Culture Connect and is a counselor at an Outdoor Adventure Kids Camp.
The other three other awards given at the discretion of the board's scholarship committee have been given to:
Autumn Prezzano grew up in a farming town where she started raising goats and pigs at a very early age. She feels strongly that local agriculture must be championed through solid community support. She'll be taking biology science courses at Cornell and intends to use what she learns to return to her community and start a beef farm to ensure that agriculture remains viable, sustainable and unsullied in the future.
Sophia Salisbury is a sophomore at Bard Early College at Simon's Rock where she's majoring in environmental studies and biology. She is exploring ways to deliver affordable fresh produce to families with tight budgets and limited transportation options through non-traditional pricing and delivery systems. She collects water samples on the Roeliff Jansen Kill, works at the local farm market and somehow manages to fit in orchestra rehearsal time.
Red Hook graduate Jordan Lee has been passionate about the environment since she attended Whale Camp as a nine year old. She aspires to become an environmental scientist specializing in environmental economics, and plans to work at the Norrie Point Environmental Center in Staatsburg. Her high school summers have been packed with studying mosquito and frog life cycles in the lab and learning how loggerhead turtle hatchlings use thermal cues to determine when to leave the nest. She'll be a freshman the University of Southern California this fall.
The Rhinebeck Farmers' Market announces their 2023 scholarship recipients. These scholarships are awarded to help promote and preserve agriculture and the environment in the Hudson Valley. This year's expanded program will award a total of $5000 in funds and includes the longstanding John Honey Scholarship. Also included in the program is a new scholarship, the Jeff Scales RFM Community Advocacy sponsored jointly by Longwave Financial and the RFM board of directors. In addition, three more awards are granted at the discretion of the board's scholarship committee.
Lauryn Menz has been awarded the $2000 John Honey Scholarship. She is active in and deeply committed to 4H and FFA and looks forward to being a future 4H leader. She began raising and showing dairy goats and hogs when she was only six years old and has shown her livestock throughout the northeast and midwest and has recently been designated as a Master Showman.
Lauryn exemplifies how 4H and FFA provide much more than animal husbandry skills as they help youth develop confidence, determination, public speaking skills, caring for others and responsibility. She will be attending Dutchess Community College to earn an Associate degree and then transfer to SUNY Cobleskill for a degree in Environmental Science.
The new Jeff Scales scholarship honors a student who is deeply engaged in environmental awareness and advocacy in the Hudson Valley. The initial recipient is Stellah Marienthal-LeGendre who will be attending Macalester College beginning in the fall of 2023. Stellah is enthusiastic, sincere, highly motivated and very community minded. She initiated a composting program in the Red Hook Central School as well as being the RH Sunrise Movement coordinator. She is active at school and in the town of Red Hook serving on the RH Town Conservation Advisory Council and the RH Open Space Committee. Among her many activities she participates in sports, Culture Connect and is a counselor at an Outdoor Adventure Kids Camp.
The other three other awards given at the discretion of the board's scholarship committee have been given to:
Autumn Prezzano grew up in a farming town where she started raising goats and pigs at a very early age. She feels strongly that local agriculture must be championed through solid community support. She'll be taking biology science courses at Cornell and intends to use what she learns to return to her community and start a beef farm to ensure that agriculture remains viable, sustainable and unsullied in the future.
Sophia Salisbury is a sophomore at Bard Early College at Simon's Rock where she's majoring in environmental studies and biology. She is exploring ways to deliver affordable fresh produce to families with tight budgets and limited transportation options through non-traditional pricing and delivery systems. She collects water samples on the Roeliff Jansen Kill, works at the local farm market and somehow manages to fit in orchestra rehearsal time.
Red Hook graduate Jordan Lee has been passionate about the environment since she attended Whale Camp as a nine year old. She aspires to become an environmental scientist specializing in environmental economics, and plans to work at the Norrie Point Environmental Center in Staatsburg. Her high school summers have been packed with studying mosquito and frog life cycles in the lab and learning how loggerhead turtle hatchlings use thermal cues to determine when to leave the nest. She'll be a freshman the University of Southern California this fall.
About the Market
In 1994, a small group of residents founded the Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market. The goal then, as now, is to promote Huds🎉on Valley agricultural products, support local farmers, and enliven the Town and Village of Rhinebeck economically and socially.
Hosted from our inception by the Village of Rhinebeck in the municipal parking lot, our market has become Rhinebeck’s Sunday morning gathering place - a weekly popup neighborhood to meet and greet and revel in the bounty of the seasons. It is open from May through December, rain or shine. During the pandemic, the Market has remained open, with strict requirements for masks, social distancing, and other Covid-19 protocols.
In 1994, a small group of residents founded the Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market. The goal then, as now, is to promote Huds🎉on Valley agricultural products, support local farmers, and enliven the Town and Village of Rhinebeck economically and socially.
Hosted from our inception by the Village of Rhinebeck in the municipal parking lot, our market has become Rhinebeck’s Sunday morning gathering place - a weekly popup neighborhood to meet and greet and revel in the bounty of the seasons. It is open from May through December, rain or shine. During the pandemic, the Market has remained open, with strict requirements for masks, social distancing, and other Covid-19 protocols.
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The Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market is committed to investing in the future of our earth through our scholarship program as well to supporting fresh food access for all. Any questions? Email us at rfmscholarships@gmail.com For up-to-date information and news visit: www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com |