{"id":29967,"date":"2025-01-16T01:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/agriculture\/usda-announces-grants-and-technical-assistance-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T01:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:06:16","slug":"usda-announces-grants-and-technical-assistance-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=29967","title":{"rendered":"USDA Announces Grants and Technical Assistance Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depositphotos.com\/portfolio-2810065.html?content=photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"496\" data-attachment-id=\"148630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/agnetwest.com\/usda-announces-grants-technical-assistance-funding\/friendly-team-harvesting-fresh-vegetables-from-the-rooftop-green\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agnetwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/harvesting-fresh-vegetables-from-the-rooftop-green-garden-Depositphotos_323486074_L-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,684\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Male gardener tending to organic crops and picking up a bountiful basket full of fresh produce&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1441649285&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Friendly team harvesting fresh vegetables from the rooftop green&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Friendly team harvesting fresh vegetables from the rooftop green\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/depositphotos.com\/portfolio-2810065.html?content=photo&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gardener tending to organic crops and picking fresh produce from the rooftop garden.&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/depositphotos.com\/portfolio-2810065.html?content=photo&quot; 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In addition, USDA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Natural Resources Conservation Service<\/a>\u00a0(NRCS), which oversees OUAIP, is providing $11.9 million in funding through an interagency agreement with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to promote the hiring of Urban Agriculture Conservation Extension Educators through the Cooperative Extension programs at Land-grant Universities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant program continues to grow in popularity, and we look forward to partnering with more communities nationwide to strengthen local food systems and increase access to healthy foods,\u201d said Louis Aspey, Acting Chief of NRCS. \u201cWe\u2019re also excited for this opportunity to add experienced Urban Agriculture Conservation Extension Educators to enhance our customer service through the partnership with NIFA.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNIFA is excited to partner with NRCS and Land-grant Universities to increase the footprint of Cooperative Extension in dedicated Urban Service Center sites across the country,\u201d said USDA NIFA Director Dr. Manjit K. Misra. \u201cUtilizing the expertise of Cooperative Extension to increase awareness of and access to NRCS programs for those living and working in urban spaces will help meet a growing need to feed more densely populated areas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recipients of UAIP competitive grants will increase food production and access in economically distressed communities, provide job training and education, and allow partners to develop business plans and zoning proposals. Planning activities initiate or expand efforts of farmers, gardeners, citizens, government officials, schools and other stakeholders in urban areas and suburbs, while implementation activities accelerate existing and emerging models of urban, indoor and other agricultural practices that serve farmers and communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>USDA will accept applications on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/grants.gov\/search-results-detail\/358029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grants.gov<\/a>\u00a0until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 10, 2025. For a complete list of recipients and project summaries, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/urban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">usda.gov\/urban.<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gardener tending to organic crops and picking fresh produce from the rooftop garden.DepositPhotos image The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced it is providing a total of $14.4 million in grants and technical assistance through two separately funded projects to support urban agriculture and innovative production.\u00a0 USDA\u2019s Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12026],"tags":[5829,4851,15075,3656,11063,14852],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-29967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","tag-announces","tag-assistance","tag-funding","tag-grants","tag-technical","tag-usda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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