The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $749,509 project grant to Renewing The Countryside II, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to support the seventh year of the Farmland Access Hub (FAH) program under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311).
The FAH program aims to increase racial and ethnic equity in land access while reversing patterns of land loss and rural decline, with the long-term goal of securing affordable farmland access for beginning, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers and ranchers (BFRs) to establish profitable, climate-smart, and environmentally sustainable farm businesses across the Upper Midwest. The funding will be used to deepen the FAH's work by refining the navigator program structure to provide BFRs with tailored support through enhanced intake processes, additional link navigators, and advanced training for navigator guides.
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