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From: "Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess)" <sburgess at cals.arizona.edu<mailto:sburgess at cals.arizona.edu>>
Date: April 9, 2018 at 20:04:36 MST
To: "Hauff, Joel S - (hauff)" <hauff at email.arizona.edu<mailto:hauff at email.arizona.edu>>, "Vito, Melissa - (mmvito)" <mmvito at email.arizona.edu<mailto:mmvito at email.arizona.edu>>
Cc: "Staten, Michael E - (statenm)" <statenm at email.arizona.edu<mailto:statenm at email.arizona.edu>>, "Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto)" <Silver at ag.arizona.edu<mailto:Silver at ag.arizona.edu>>
Subject: RE: USDA Announces $8.4 Million to Support Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers. Projects may focus on conferences, training sessions, educational materials, or new programs to help these farmers and ranchers thrive and succeed.

Many thanks Melissa, I have copied in Mike Staten as this would be his to coordinate with appropriate unit heads. I also copied in Jeff Silvertooth as the CES may be a great resource here. So glad we’re an HSI ☺

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Shane

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From: Hauff, Joel S - (hauff)
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To: Vito, Melissa - (mmvito) <mmvito at email.arizona.edu<mailto:mmvito at email.arizona.edu>>; Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess) <sburgess at cals.arizona.edu<mailto:sburgess at cals.arizona.edu>>
Subject: RE: USDA Announces $8.4 Million to Support Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers. Projects may focus on conferences, training sessions, educational materials, or new programs to help these farmers and ranchers thrive and succeed.

Thanks, Melissa!  Tanya is already working with others in the community to determine what we may be able to apply for…

-=Joel=-

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Subject: FW: USDA Announces $8.4 Million to Support Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers. Projects may focus on conferences, training sessions, educational materials, or new programs to help these farmers and ranchers thrive and succeed.

Fyi…made me think of some of our work in Yuma..in case interested.  Melissa

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Date: Monday, April 9, 2018 at 12:40 PM
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Subject: FW: USDA Announces $8.4 Million to Support Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers. Projects may focus on conferences, training sessions, educational materials, or new programs to help these farmers and ranchers thrive and succeed.

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USDA Announces $8.4 Million to Support Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Partnerships & Public Engagement (OPPE) today announced up to $8.4 million in available funding for training and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers. Funding is made through the USDA’s Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program (also known as the 2501 Program).

“The USDA is committed to reaching all farmers and ranchers,” said OPPE Director Diane Cullo. “Through the 2501 program, the USDA is building lasting relationships among these farmers and ranchers, the local organizations that serve them, and the USDA’s local, state, regional, and national offices.”

The 2501 Program was originally authorized by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. 2501 grants seek to enhance the equitable participation of socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in USDA resources and programs, such as Farm Service Agency loans or grants through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP). Projects may focus on conferences, training sessions, educational materials, or new programs to help these farmers and ranchers thrive and succeed.

Eligible applicants include community-based organizations, networks, or coalitions of community-based organizations; 1890 or 1994 institutions of higher education; American Indian tribal community colleges or Alaska Native cooperative colleges; Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education; other higher education institutions; Indian Tribes or national tribal organizations. Eligible entities must have experience in providing agricultural education or other agricultural-related services for socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers.

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Examples of FY 2017 funded 2501 projects include a grant to the National Hmong American Farmers, Inc., to provide technical and direct assistance to Hmong farmers in central California who face barriers to successful farming due to poverty and cultural and linguistic isolation. A Florida State University project reached veterans with workshops, online agricultural courses, and 15 farm apprenticeships and managerial apprenticeships at private farms.

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