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USDA Announces Grants and Technical Assistance Funding for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
USDA is providing a total of $14.4 million in grants and technical assistance through two separately funded projects.
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USDA Delivers on Promise to Expand Access to Nutrition Resources in Underserved Communities by Funding Three New Nutrition Hubs
USDA today announced a $4.5 million investment to create three additional USDA Nutrition Hubs.
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USDA NIFA Invests $14 Million to Further Food Safety Research and Outreach
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced a $14 million investment to support food safety research, outreach and workforce training.
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USDA Announces New Investments in Tribal Students and Higher Education
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced two Tribal higher education opportunities and investments to train the next generation of agricultural professionals.
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NIFA Invests $26.8 Million to Further Commercialize Small Business-Led Innovations
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an investment of over $26.8 million as part of the USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
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USDA Invests $29M to Strengthen WIC Workforce
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a $29 million investment into programs supporting the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Workforce National Strategy. …
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USDA Invests $46M in Efforts to Address Food and Nutrition Security
The USDA announced today an investment of more than $46 million in projects aimed to tackle food and nutrition insecurity in underserved communities, as well as support healthy diets.
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USDA Invests in Hispanic-serving Institutions to Strengthen Higher Education in Agriculture
As the nation celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, USDA NIFA announced today an investment of more than $15 million for agriculture-related higher-education programs at Hispanic-serving Institutions (HSI) nationwide.
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USDA Invests More Than $46 Million for Underserved, Veteran, and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Projects Nationwide
USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced a more than $46 million investment in projects supporting America’s veteran, underserved, and beginning farmers and ranchers.
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USDA Awards $19.2M in Scholarships for Undergraduates at 1890 Land-grant Institutions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today a $19.2 million investment in 1890 Land-grant Universities to provide undergraduate scholarships for students to stimulate interest in food and agricultural careers.
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USDA Invests Nearly $121M in Specialty Crops Research and Organic Agriculture Production
USDA today announced an investment of nearly $121 million to advance research and Extension activities that aim to solve key challenges facing specialty crop and organic agriculture producers.
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USDA Invests $17.6M to Protect the Health and Welfare of Agricultural Animals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced today an investment of $17.6 million in agricultural research that protects the health and welfare of agricultural animals. …
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USDA Invests $4.5 Million to Build Nutrition Hub Network
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $4.5 million in funding to establish three additional USDA Nutrition Hubs in communities across the country.
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NIFA Invests $70M in Visionary Sustainable Agricultural Research
USDA NIFA announced today an investment of $70 million in seven creative and visionary agricultural projects.
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USDA Announces WIC National Strategy, $29M in Supporting Funding Opportunities to Strengthen WIC Workforce
USDA announced a new Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Workforce National Strategy.
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USDA Investment Advances Research and Extension Capacity Across 1890 Historically Black Land-grant Universities
The 1890 Capacity Building Grants (CBG) program is intended to strengthen teaching, research and Extension programs in the food and agricultural sciences.
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NSF and USDA Join Forces to Boost Innovation in Agricultural Robotics
NSF and USDA NIFA are teaming up to advance foundational research in agricultural robotics.
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USDA Invests Nearly $28M for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program provides grants to organizations and institutions for training, education, outreach, and technical assistance initiatives for beginning farmers and ranchers. Projects funded will…
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USDA Nutrition Incentives Improve Access to Healthy Food
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced an investment of more than $52 million to improve dietary health and access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
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USDA Launches Initiative to Enhance Competitiveness of the U.S. Specialty Crops Industry
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Torres Small today announced that the USDA is initiating a new effort to further support the U.S. specialty crops sector and increase the competitiveness of its products.
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USDA Invests $15.5 Million in Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced an investment of $15.5 million in USDA’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program.
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USDA Research Investments Spur New Agricultural Markets
NIFA announced an investment of nearly $22 million in agricultural economics research that includes agricultural markets, international trade, farm labor, consumer behavior and nutrition, food retail, agricultural production and…
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USDA Expands Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Food Loss and Waste
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an additional $25 million investment to expand efforts to prevent and reduce food loss and waste. The investment, funded under the American Rescue…
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USDA Grows Private Sector Tech Innovation in Food and Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an investment of over $12.5 million as part of the USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The Phase I awards will…
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USDA NIFA Invests in Education at Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
To support education and preparation of the next generation of agriculture leaders, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced an investment of nearly $3 million to…
