The Farm at Black Hills funding rural scholarships

Author, farmer and scholarship founder Beverley Forrester.

North Canterbury Rural Women New Zealand member and author Beverley Forrester is offering three scholarships for 2017.

Royalties from sales of Beverley's book The Farm at Black Hills fund the scholarships.

The Farm at Black Hills was published in 2015 and it sold well in New Zealand. The book is about her farm in rural North Canterbury.

Mrs Forrester developed a successful fashion brand using wool produced by the corriedale and romney sheep bred on the hill country farm.

The three $1000 scholarships are open to applicants aged between 18 and 25, with a diagnosed physical disability who are currently be pursuing, or wishing to pursue, a course or career in agriculture or a rural-based industry, or rural people who wish to undertake studies in the health or disability fields.

¦To find out more and apply go to www.ruralwomen.org.n/