{"id":18612,"date":"2019-02-08T15:58:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=18612"},"modified":"2019-02-08T15:58:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:58:20","slug":"lehigh-county-conservation-district-receives-urban-agriculture-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=18612","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh County Conservation District Receives Urban Agriculture Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LCCDUrbanAg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18613\" width=\"398\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LCCDUrbanAg.jpg 672w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LCCDUrbanAg-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption> <em>Screenshot of LCCD website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighconservation.org\/\">https:\/\/www.lehighconservation.org<\/a>. <\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lehigh County Conservation District (LCCD) was\nawarded an urban agriculture conservation grant through a partnership with the\nNational Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the U.S. Department\nof Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to boost technical\ncapacity nationwide.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LCCD\nwill expand its pilot urban agriculture field experience education program in\nAllentown. Through program implementation, urban, school-aged youth will be\nprovided with training for twenty-first century green-collar jobs, increased\naccess to healthy foods, and STEM education \u2013 all of which are to be shared\nwith the broader community. Equipping students with critical thinking skills\nthrough participation in this field experience curriculum ensures they will be\noutfitted with experience to address and predict the area\u2019s current and future\nconservation needs.<em>P<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighconservation.org\/Education\/Buckets-Full-of-Nature-Class\/URBAN-AGRICULTURE-EDUCATION\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read more about the LCCD program and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacdnet.org\/about-nacd\/what-we-do\/urban-and-community\/2019-urban-agriculture-conservation-grant-recipients\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a> for the full list of recipients. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lehigh County Conservation District (LCCD) was awarded an urban agriculture conservation grant through a partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to boost technical capacity nationwide. LCCD will expand its pilot urban agriculture field experience education program in Allentown. Through program implementation, urban, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}