…today announced over $2.2 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to partners along the West Coast and Pacific Island Territories. The 14 grants are administered through the West…
CDFA Accepting Concept Proposals
…currently accepting concept proposals for the 2014 grant cycle. FREP’s competitive grant program funds research that advances the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use of fertilizing materials. The 2014 Request…
California Among States Getting Grants for Schools
…Act. Last month, USDA issued an additional $5 million through the Farm to School grant program to increase the amount of healthy, local food in schools. USDA awarded grants to…
Water Series: 2009 and Now
…recently announced a 6.4 million dollar grant that will retrain jobless migrant and seasonal farm workers statewide in four other job fields. For more information on the program, click here….
CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant Technical Review Committee
…a description of the funding categories, please reference the Notice of Funding Availability posted at www.cdfa.ca.gov/grants. Information should be submitted via email to Leslie Sullivan (grants@cdfa.ca.gov) before December 2, 2013….
AgNet West E-news: Ag Education Threatened; Hope for CA Rangeland; Fall Pumpkin Crop
This week’s issue of the AgNet West e-News includes information on what the governor says about the Agriculture Education Incentive Grant; the future of California rangeland; and the fall pumpkin…
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…will be invited to participate in Phase II of the process – submission of a grant proposal. Applicants must access the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) at www.cdfa.ca.gov/grants for detailed…
Agriculture Education at Stake
The future of California agriculture could be at stake if the Governor follows through with eliminating the Agriculture Education Incentive Grant. Brown approved continued funding for the program with hesitation…
2014 Specialty Crop Block Grant Workshops
The California Department of Food and Agriculture will be conducting workshops and one webinar on the 2014 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) competitive solicitation process. Click to open or…
Strawberry Commission Awarded Grant
…block grant in the amount of $225,000, to help prepare growers and irrigators to meet the challenges of ever increasing water quality regulations and dwindling water supplies. The commission’s grower…
2013 Specialty Crop Block Grants
USDA issued its 2013 Specialty Crop Block Grant awards to help fruit, vegetable, and horticultural producers. Rod Bain has the story. Click to Open or Download Audio Report California was…
California Leads Nation in Specialty Crop Funding
The United States Department of Agriculture announced funding today for the 2013 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or Download Audio Report California…
Family Farm Wins Against Development
…The Pamma‐Larkin farm is the third placed into a conservation easement as a result of NCRLT efforts supported by a California Farmland Conservancy Program (CFCP) planning grant. This is the…
Research into Methyl Bromide Alternatives
…part of a team of UC and United States Department of Agriculture researchers, who are working with a five million dollar grant on a project called the Pacific Area-Wide Pest…