USDA Grant Writing Webinar – Transmitted May 11, 2016 (Recording coming soon) USDA specialists held a Grant Writing Workshop on May 11, 2016, that covered important things to know when applying for a grant.  Topics for this webinar included: Grant Writing Tips for Success – 10 Things You Must Do Look Before You Leap Don’t Take […]

If you are interested in any of the funding opportunities below please contact Deirdre Birmingham at: deirdreb4@gmail.com Funding in WI to increase SNAP participation in farmers’ markets-Apply by Feb. 26 The Department of Health Services (DHS) is pleased to announce that Wisconsin has received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition […]

Sometimes sustainable agriculture advocacy requires taking a long view. Certainly, in the ebb and flow of federal funding, Fiscal Year 2015’s final federal funding bill represents a significant ebb. As it has for many years, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute worked with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) to support its annual campaign to optimize federal […]

Here’s a compiled list of USDA funding opportunities. Some are for farmers, some are for organizations. Now that we have a farm bill, we are seeing a lot of these.