The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (CFDA 10.170 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program) awarded the California Department of Food & Agriculture a $23,333,022.45 block grant to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in California. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will enable the department to leverage efforts to market and promote specialty crops, assist producers with research and development, expand availability and access to specialty crops, and address local, regional, and national challenges confronting specialty crop producers through a variety of activities and projects with grant recipients. The grant has a performance period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, and requires the department to provide measurable outcomes demonstrating the impact of the funded activities.
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