Vilsack Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced nearly $118 million in grants to strengthen markets for specialty crops, such as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, horticulture and nursery crops. The grants…
Weekly Column: Farm to School Programs Create New Opportunities for Farmers
…Farm to School programs into more schools and expand opportunity for farmers and ranchers, USDA offers grants, training, and technical assistance. Since the start of our Farm to School Grant…
Program Boosts Farmers’ Markets
…Farmers’ Market Promotion Program is one of three grant programs in her division. Alonzo said markets are important to fuel the eat local push, and this program will only strengthen…
Food Hubs Receive Financial Help
…announced the launch of three new online directories based off of their successful farmers’ market directory. To hear the full announcement where Alonzo gives examples of grant projects, click here….
USDA Helps Deliver the Latest in Innovative Agricultural Methods to Small, Socially Disadvantaged Agricultural Producers
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today awarded 17 grants in 12 states to help small, socially disadvantaged agricultural producers expand their operations and create jobs. “These grants help small producers…
2014 Grant Awards to Support Farmers Markets, Local Food and Organic Production
Alonzo The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo discusses the AMS Fiscal Year 2014 grants for farmers markets and other local food promotion efforts….
USDA Awards Over $52 Million in Grants to Grow Organic and Local Food Economies
…and internationally. FSMIP grants are funding 17 projects in 13 States. All of these USDA grants make a difference to diverse stakeholders across the nation. For example, previous FMPP grants…
What’s Plantable?
…$237,000 grant from CDFA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. The app will help drive young consumers to nurseries and garden centers, which is great for the industry – but it…
NRCS Selects California Projects for National Conservation Innovation Grants
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has selected three California organizations to receive national Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) awards for 2014. NRCS administers both a national and a state-level…
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Innovative Conservation Efforts
Vilsack Conservation Innovation Grants to help improve technologies and approaches for natural resource conservation Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the award of $15.7 million in Conservation Innovation Grants (CIGs)…
California and UC Berkeley Win $335,000 in U.S. EPA Grants
…than $380,000 in pollution prevention grants in California, Hawaii and Nevada. Pollution prevention grants fund environmental projects that reduce or eliminate pollution at the source, encouraging greenhouse gas reduction, toxic…
Conservation, Industry Leaders Team Up to Restore Groundwater in California’s Central Valley
…Coca-Cola North America, which is helping fund the project through a major grant. “We know that water is critical to the health, wellness and economic prosperity of local communities. Our…
AgNeTVideo: Fresno Grizzlies Water Forum Questions to the Panel
…supply? What it means to the SJV if the Water Bond issue passes? The Grant Fund Integrated Water Management Plan, working together to come up with a common solution to…
Value-Added Producer Grants
Through Value-Added Producer grants, USDA is helping rural entrepreneurs expand their operations and create new products to bring to market. Susan Carter has more. Grant funds help create value-added products…