Agriculture Policy Update, Week of April 18-22 2011
Another busy week in Washington on agriculture policy means another long, but very informative summary of events from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition PUBLIC [...]
Funding
$50 Million Organic Initiative (EQIP) Sign-Up Extended
Deadline to Apply is May 20, 2011 Updated Program Information Available on OFRF Website Now is the time to apply for the USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program [...]
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program Stakeholder Workshop
Please, Please, Please… We Need You All To Participate in This… Date: April 19, 2011 Time: 2:00 till 3:30 pm EST Purpose: The Beginning Farmer and Rancher [...]
Biomass Crop Assistance Program Proposals, USDA
USDA Announces May Deadline for Biomass Crop Assistance Program Proposals USDA Farm Service Agency Acting Administrator Val Dolcini announced the deadline for project area [...]
Organic Producers Can Apply Now for Conservation Funding
Press Release: NRCS Announces Opportunity for Organic Producers to Implement Conservation Practices Contact: Sylvia Rainford, 202-720-2536 USDA’s Natural Resources [...]
Organic Certification Cost Share Reimbursements
Thanks to Betsy Rakola; Grants Management Specialist, USDA-AMS National Organic Program for putting together this information for us. The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) [...]
SARE Announces 2012 Call for Research and Education Preproposals
NCR-SARE Announces 2012 Call for Research and Education Preproposals The 2012 North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) Research [...]
Policy Updates from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Farm Bill Debate Starts with 2011 Funding Bill – While most commentaries on the 2012 Farm Bill treat it, quite logically, as a coming attraction, in many key respects [...]
Beginning Farmer and Organic Webinars, Grants, Production Research Articles, More
As usual the April 2011 issue of Ag Opportunities from the University of Missouri is packed with valuable information for farmers and gardeners both within the “Show Me [...]
Course Development Grants Available for Local Food Systems Certificate Program, Georgia
The University of Georgia was recently awarded a three-year USDA (NIFA) grant to develop an interdisciplinary Local Food Systems (LFS) certificate program. The proposed LFS [...]
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