A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is getting phased out

The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...
WBIW

USDA announces new funding to connect farmers to local markets

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it has awarded over $26.8 million to grant projects through the Local Agriculture ...

Oneonta farming education program to receive USDA funding

An Oneonta center dedicated to educating farmers on how to get their products directly to the consumer will be receiving a large amount of federal funding, according to an announcement by the US ...
Iowa Public Radio

USDA canceled a support program for small businesses. This Midwest grower may lose her farm

Karen Bottary grows basil indoors near Kansas City. She was approved for about $40,000 in federal grant funding through the Regional Food Business Centers program, but says she still hasn't received ...
WVXU

USDA-funded program hands out first — and last — grants to Ohio food businesses

On a sunny December morning, Western Lombard points to a black walnut tree. It’s one of many native crops that grow on his farm in Millfield, which Lombard believes produce some underrated fruits: ...
Iowa Public Radio

USDA cuts program and pulls grant funds for small farm and food businesses

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service announced last week that it will cut the Regional Food Business Center (RFBC) program, which provides grants to small and medium-sized local farm and food ...
Vermont Business Magazine

USDA Opens Enrollment for Farmer Bridge Assistance Program

Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets Vermont producers now have access to new federal support as USDA opens ...

NutriHarvest®, USDA BioPreferred® Program Champion, Highlights Yield Gains and Water Protection for Regenerative Growing

Field evaluations demonstrate crop performance, soil health, and water quality results enabled by an advanced resource ...
The Baltimore Sun

End of USDA ‘climate smart’ program could have big impact on area conservation work

The U.S. Department of Agriculture in April announced the termination of its $3 billion “climate smart” program, a grantmaking initiative that was supporting hundreds of millions of dollars in ...
WJHL-TV

USDA grant program to help Helene-impacted farms, forests

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (WJHL) — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Block Grant Program will help farms and forests impacted by ...
Grist

Following the USDA’s food and farm funding: Here’s what’s been canceled and frozen, and resources for those affected

In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food.
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The USDA defunded a program aimed at helping small farmers. What’s next for the Missouri farmers who relied on it?

When Makeesha Munro and her partner Travis Jones started their farm in Collins, Missouri, they didn’t expect to be traveling across the state to sell the culinary mushrooms they grow. Takeaways A ...