Elaine Hansen is the 2022 winner of $5,000 through the Bayer Fund’s “America’s Farmers Grow Communities,” which partners with farmers “to make a positive impact in farm communities by supporting local nonprofit organizations.”
Hansen applied for and received the grant, naming the Luverne Area Community Foundation as the eligible charity to receive the funds.
The grant must be used by the eligible charity “to improve science, health and nutrition in communities and organizations within the county where the winning farmer farms or resides.”
Bayer shared information about Hansen when she was announced as the winner earlier this month.
“Elaine and her husband Ray have a passion for their faith and making sure no one in their community would be in a state of food shortage,” the company wrote.
“A good steward of these two passions, Elaine opened an endowment fund called Feeding the 5000, a fund to be used to offer gifts to the local food shelf and BackPack Program and potentially any other food or hunger-based program. The fund is open for others to contribute to as well and will have long-lasting fruitful gifts to those in need.”
Since the program began in 2010, Bayer has directed more than $63 million to organizations across rural America.