…The grants are funded through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the flagship competitive grant program authorized under the 2014 Farm Bill. “One-third of the children in the U.S….
New Funding for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs
USDA grant funding is helping colleges and universities develop obesity prevention programs targeting youth. Rod Bain has the story. New Funding for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs…
Grants for Healthy Meals: Part 3
…how the USDA is improving school nutrition one grant at a time, and the impact the USDA is having on districts across the country. Grants for Healthy Meals: Part 3…
UC Davis Veterinary School Named Best in Nation by US News and World Report
…solve society’s most pressing health issues by collaborating with colleagues from human medicine and other disciplines. An example of its “one health” approach is a recent $100 million grant to…
Kern County Farm Bureau Irrigation Efficiency Program Awarded $400,000 Grant from Bay-Delta Initiative
BDI grant will help local growers protect water quality, increase distribution uniformity on older performing irritation systems, reduce impacts to ground water and improve water management. Recently, the Kern County…
Secretary Vilsack and Former Agriculture Secretaries Veneman and Glickman Announce Bipartisan Efforts to Expand Trade
…Authority—which has been given to all previous presidents since Gerald Ford (with similar authority granted to all presidents since Franklin Delano Roosevelt)—is critical for successfully negotiating new trade partnerships that…
Export Training Course Comes to CDFA
…Center Community College District, and is funded by the 2012 Specialty Crop Block Grant program of the United States Department of Agriculture, and is presented by the California Centers for…
Devastating Citrus Greening Disease Targeted by USDA Grants
…then die. Preventing infections: The new funding includes a $4.5 million grant over three years to a research team led by plant pathologist Bryce Falk. The grant, presented by the…
More Research for Chilling Requirement Issues
…Model Results Brar has applied for a grant to help them look into the chilling hour requirements and says their work will also look at finding products or treatments that…
NFL Players Team up With CMAB For Fuel Up to Play 60
…Up to Play 60 program has awarded $100k to participating California schools and school districts in the 2014-2015 school year (grant funding was on behalf of CMAB and other stakeholders)….
USDA Announces the Availability of $16 Million to Support Food Production
…efforts to improve food production and increase food security, defined as regular access to affordable, nutritious food. NIFA is funding the grants through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)…
USDA Invests $18 Million to Train Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
…an investment in our future”. The grant announcement was made at Recirculating Farms Coalition in New Orleans. Recirculating Farms received a BFRDP grant to develop training sessions focusing on soil-based…
California State Fair announces first Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition
…rules and entry information. This project is supported by the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, which is funded by the USDA and administered by CDFA. The goal of the project…
CDFA Announces New Grant Funding Opportunity for Nitrogen Management Research
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting full proposals for a 2015 special grant on nitrogen management research. This grant opportunity…