Earlier this month, the USDA announced $19 million in grants for young farmers. The grants, managed by theNational Institutes of Food and Agriculture, are aimed at those trying to break into farming and those who have been at it for fewer than 10 years. The grants will help train producers...
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The grants may be used to develop new products from raw agricultural products or to promote new markets for established products. Veterans, socially-disadvantaged groups, beginning farmers and ranchers, operators of small- and medium-sized family farms and ranch...
The USDA REAP Grant Program offers funding for renewable energy & efficiency projects in rural areas. Our program supports farmers, small businesses, & rural communities.
As approved by Congress in the President’s FY 2014 budget request for FNS (The Food and Nutrition Service: 2014, Explanatory Notes), these funds are intended to support “the participation of farmers’ markets in SNAP by providing equipment and support grants to new markets and those currently...
Sherrod speak at a UDSA event this year and was so pleased that an advocate for small farmers was now part of the establishment; Daddy is smiling on the other side. In this time of PC and hungry new media, shall we just chill for a second and understand that older people get a pass...
policymakers are recognizing the importance of assisting beginning farmers and ranchers, who operate about one-fifth of all farms in the country as of 2012, as a way of boosting the U.S. economy. It adds that the two versions of the 2012 Farm Bill being debated in the U.S. Congress ...
The US Department of Agriculture is seeking applications for funding to increase the supply of affordable housing for farm workers. Luis R. García, acting state director of USDA Rural Development in Puerto Rico, said that subject to the availability of funds, the loan and grants will be ...
— Disaster aid bill fails in Senate, blocking block grant relief authority for USDA Secretary Vilsack. A bill, previously passed by the House, which aimed to grant USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack the authority to utilize block grants for providing relief to farmers in states affected by disasters ...
EPA grants Midwest E15 petition, delays implementation until 2025 Defending himself, Vilsack said it was “important for us to reset the notion that the only option in American agriculture is to get big or get out. It's time for us to do better for our small and mid-sized farming...