…REAP provides grants and loan guarantees for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements, grants for energy audits, and grants for renewable energy planning and development to service providers who…
Grants Available for SWEEP Assistance, Training
…organizations, California academic institutions and California Resource Conservation Districts for grant funds to provide technical assistance to applicants for grants from the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). Applicants…
Funding to Relieve Veterinarian Shortages
…well as support for veterinary practices in designated shortage areas. This funding is was authorized by the Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP) in the 2014 Farm Bill. Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy…
Fighting Drought With Soil
A team of University of California scientists recently received a $1.69 million grant to use several UC agricultural research stations to study an often overlooked tool to fight the drought:…
HLB Bacteria Isolates Can Vary
…associate professor Wenbo Ma says the regional differences aren’t the only challenge. She says these isolates can also differ by tree variety. Ma says a recent 5-year, 4-million dollar grant…
Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods
…Agriculture (USDA) awarded $16.5 million in grants to support research into methods for boosting agriculture productivity and ensuring food security in the face of pests, diseases and a changing climate….
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…million for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). SWEEP projects will result in on-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and water savings. “With more than 100 grants covering thousands…
EPA Anti-Farmer Campaign
…which was wholly funded by the EPA, used grant awards to fund a website, radio ads, and billboards depicting dead fish and polluted water, urging individuals to contact their state…
Western SARE Releases Calls for Proposals
…the full Call can be found at westernsare.org/Grants/Types-of-Grants. The five grants programs include: Research & Education pre-proposal Professional Development Farmer/Rancher Professional + Producer Graduate Student Graduate Student projects are funded…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…(NIFA) is supporting the research with a four-year, $742,907 Organic Transitions grant. The project involves faculty, graduate and undergraduate students from varied fields that include agronomy, weed ecology, animal and…
CA Ag Contributes to Food Banks
…Banks hopes to increase contributions of other farm products, including dairy, eggs, chicken and beef, in 2016. A new video has just been released – thanks to a grant from…
Teens Snacks
…Public Relations With a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Alison Gustafson will study the food purchasing patterns of teens in rural areas of Kentucky and North Carolina….
Insight from Johnsongrass Mapping
…ANR: A team of researchers has received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to find new ways to combat Johnsongrass, one of the most widespread and…
Save the Bees
…Trust is enlisting conserved farms in the fight to help save bees and other pollinators. With a Conservation Innovation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service,…