EDITOR'S LETTER
As this issue went to press we had recently enjoyed a morning tea at the Royal Agricultural Society Foundation’s (RASF) headquarters.
While we love a scone and a finger sandwich as much as the next person, magazine’s very own scholarship winner, Katrina Nash. Appropriately enough, Katrina is a third year Bachelor of Law and Journalism student at Newcastle University. She grew up on her family’s farm at Cudal in the NSW central west. Her experience of being raised in the bush and having to move away from home to complete her tertiary studies gives her a heightened awareness of the need to discuss and promote rural and regional issues. We are also excited to be literally welcoming Katrina to the AC team as she will be interning with us later this year as part of her course work. As most of you will be aware, here at AC HQ, we’ve been fundraising for most of the year to support the scholarship, one of 64 RASF scholarships, which help young country people achieve their educational dreams. This year the RASF distributed a total of $300,000 to the winners and, having met Katrina and some of her fellow award winners, I can say it would be hard to find a more deserving bunch. So many thanks to those of you contributed to our fundraising, our subs’ drive, bake stalls, books sales, fun run and swimming eff orts and thanks in advance for when we start rattling the can for next year’s eff ort.
