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Please see the attached email for information about the new USDA climate Smart commodities grants that the USDA will be issuing. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Ethan Orr, DBH, MPA</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong><em>The </em></strong><strong>UNIVERSITY <em>of</em> ARIZONA</strong> ∙ <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">1401
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Arizona 85721</font></a></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Please share the <span style="color:black;background:white">
details about an upcoming informational webinar on USDA's </span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usda.gov%2Fclimate-solutions%2Fclimate-smart-commodities&data=04%7C01%7Cwestern-coo%40lists.colostate.edu%7C75ce348a415e4eee695d08d9efedabee%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637804626342116246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=6pttX6fBihnKZ0XF%2FmPsp0QFPeMHrb0ljBmrUm3mj0I%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="https://www.usda.gov/climate-solutions/climate-smart-commodities"><b><span style="background:white">Partnerships
for Climate-Smart Commodities</span></b></a><span style="color:black;background:white">, which was
</span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usda.gov%2Fmedia%2Fpress-releases%2F2022%2F02%2F07%2Fusda-invest-1-billion-climate-smart-commodities-expanding-markets&data=04%7C01%7Cwestern-coo%40lists.colostate.edu%7C75ce348a415e4eee695d08d9efedabee%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637804626342116246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=dc5PteSVAxlC4ruXAsAk4IADlo1J5GuQY42iPxtg8RM%3D&reserved=0" title="https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2022/02/07/usda-invest-1-billion-climate-smart-commodities-expanding-markets"><span style="background:white">announced</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> by
Secretary Vilsack last week during a visit to Lincoln University. This program provides up to $1 billion for pilot projects that create market opportunities for commodities produced using climate-smart practices. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Informational Webinar</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Date:</span></b><span style="color:black"> February 16, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Time:</span></b><span style="color:black"> 11 a.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Description:</span></b><span style="color:black"> USDA staff will lead a discussion about details of the funding opportunity and answer a curated set of questions from participants. The
full text of <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grants.gov%2Fweb%2Fgrants%2Fview-opportunity.html%3FoppId%3D337878&data=04%7C01%7Cwestern-coo%40lists.colostate.edu%7C75ce348a415e4eee695d08d9efedabee%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637804626342116246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Sc9xCni3HQBVbY5E90wCGqDkesuBYAyzpX9FEUEtnU4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337878">the
funding opportunity </a>is available on Grants.gov. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Webinar:</span></b><span style="color:black">
<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%253ameeting_M2JiYzI3ZDYtNmFjZC00NmQzLWExMzUtZDQyNjUzOTg4ZDBk%2540thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522ed5b36e7-01ee-4ebc-867e-e03cfa0d4697%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%252213e58858-c53c-4335-885d-560e473c4750%2522%252c%2522IsBroadcastMeeting%2522%253atrue%257d%26btype%3Da%26role%3Da&data=04%7C01%7Cwestern-coo%40lists.colostate.edu%7C75ce348a415e4eee695d08d9efedabee%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637804626342116246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=arkV7QhwIMHk6LZsFDMkAxeGyTEcOJ4cfLfxtVHOAkc%3D&reserved=0" title="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_M2JiYzI3ZDYtNmFjZC00NmQzLWExMzUtZDQyNjUzOTg4ZDBk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ed5b36e7-01ee-4ebc-867e-e03cfa0d4697%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2213e58858-c53c-4335-885d-560e473c4750%22%2c%22IsBroadca">
Link</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The webinar will be recorded for on-demand viewing. No registration is required. The webinar link can also be accessed on
<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usda.gov%2Fclimate-solutions%2Fclimate-smart-commodities&data=04%7C01%7Cwestern-coo%40lists.colostate.edu%7C75ce348a415e4eee695d08d9efedabee%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637804626342116246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=6pttX6fBihnKZ0XF%2FmPsp0QFPeMHrb0ljBmrUm3mj0I%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="https://www.usda.gov/climate-solutions/climate-smart-commodities">
the USDA program page</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Thank you in advance for sharing this with your community of researchers. Any questions can be directed to </span><a href="mailto:climate-smart-commodities@usda.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:climate-smart-commodities@usda.gov"><span style="background:white">climate-smart-commodities@usda.gov</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">All the best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0C234B">Melissa Gomez</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057"><br>
Coordinator, Federal Research Operations<br>
Agriculture, Life & Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension<br>
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<br>
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Forbes, 322<br>
PO Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:melissalgomez@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">melissalgomez@arizona.edu</span></a><span style="color:#495057"><br>
Pronouns: she/her<br>
<b><a href="https://compass.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#8B0015">compass.arizona.edu</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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