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State Budget Contains $5 Million for Fairgrounds

July 15, 2015 By Ron Sylvester Leave a Comment

One overlooked tidbit in the recent state budget process is that over the next couple of years the Ohio Dept. of Agriculture will have around $5 million to make available through a competitive grant process for “acquisition, construction, reconstruction, expansion, improvement, planning and equipping of facilities” used for county fairs and other agricultural exhibitions.

A department spokesman told the Hannah News Service that the agency is working on drafting the rules for what will be a grant program. When the rules are ready sometime this fall, we expect there to be a way for local fair boards or others to compete for some of that $5 million and improve their local ag exhibition facilities.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Fairgrounds, Grants, Ohio Dept. of Agriculture

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Offering Free Grant Advising Services in the Midwest

January 8, 2014 By Ron Sylvester Leave a Comment

mfai_logoA Wisconsin-based non-profit sustainable agricultural policy and development group is offering free grant advising services to beginning farmers, limited resource farmers and socially disadvantaged farmers throughout the midwest – including Ohio.

The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute’s stated mission is to nurture the ecological, social and economic resiliency of food and farming systems through education, research, policy, and market development. According to materials OFU received from the group, they will work with all farmers but place a priority for no-cost services on serving the types of farmers listed above.

One timely grant opportunity noted by MFAI is the USDA Value Added Producer Grant.

If you aret hinking of applying to the Value-Added Producer Grant, MFAI has a Grants Advisor that is available at no charge to help you. Call now as that grant application is due February 24th and takes considerable thought to complete.

If you are considering any funding program or just want to know what’s out there, please get in touch with MFAI’s Grants Advisor, Deirdre Birmingham, deirdreb4@gmail.com or 608-219-4279. She is a farmer, too, and can speak from direct experience.

You are welcome to be on her email list so that you get funding program announcements for your state as well as federal programs. Just let her know.

Also visit MFAI’s Grant Advising Resources Page

 

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Grants, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Value Added Producer Grant

USDA Investing $642K in Ohio Specialty Crop Programs

October 7, 2012 By Ron Sylvester Leave a Comment

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack $101 million in grants to support America’s specialty crops producers, who provide the fruits, vegetables, nuts and other nutritious foods for millions of healthy American meals each day.

Nine Ohio projects were awarded grants totaling nearly $643,000.

Approximately $55 million will be invested in 56 specialty crop block grants to states that fund 748 initiatives across the country to strengthen markets and expand economic opportunities for local and regional producers. An additional $46 million will go to support new and continuing research and extension activities to address challenges and opportunities for growers and businesses that rely on a sustainable, profitable specialty crops industry.

Ohio’s projects include:

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Grants, Specialty Crops, USDA

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