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<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] USDA Announces Grants and Technical Assistance Funding for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="link_1"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">USDA Announces Grants and Technical Assistance Funding for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">USDA 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. USDA’s Office of Urban
Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP) is making available $2.5 million for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) grants, building on $53.7 million invested in UAIP grant projects by OUAIP since 2020. In addition, USDA’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service (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. <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.usda.gov%2Fabout-usda%2Fnews%2Fpress-releases%2F2025%2F01%2F08%2Fusda-announces-grants-and-technical-assistance-funding-urban-agriculture-and-innovative-production%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010001945159a5c8-9bb7c1a5-77e4-48d6-8c71-3619711f5be9-000000/t2aUIwOu4uQ9t0Cx5NTDfza4LLcq48krMPDF2tD-Q0I=387">
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