Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of over $52 million in support of the growing organic industry and local and regional food systems through five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant programs. Most of the grants announced today were authorized through the Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Farm Bill), including the Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) Farmers Market Promotion Program and Local Foods Promotion Program, and the National Institute of Food and Agricultures (NIFA) Organic Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) and Community Food Projects (CFP) grant program. Also announced today are grants from AMSs Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP). Together, these investments represent USDAs commitment to strengthening organic and local and regional food systems through projects that recruit and train farmers, expand economic opportunities, and increase access to healthy foods.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 05:08:49 +0000
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