Mark Hultgren, Area Director for USDA Rural Development presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Dr. Anson Elliott of Missouri State University – Mountain Grove today. The certificate was presented in recognition of the University’s grant of $20,700 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These grant funds were used to purchase a high tunnel as well as a Drängen lay-down motorized work cart to support specialty crops grower outreach programs. Thanks to Ray Mowry, Area Specialist from the Rural Development Sub-Area Office at Houston, for taking the group photo for us and for Doug Berger, Editor of the Mountain Grove News Journal, for covering the event.