The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $185,623 Project Grant to the Center For Rural Affairs, a non-profit organization, under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351). The grant supports the Center For Rural Affairs in providing training, technical assistance, research, and other services to strengthen small towns, rural communities, small businesses, family farms, and ranches in Nebraska. This includes assisting rural microenterprise development, advocating for federal farm and rural policy reform, conducting research on rural economic issues, and supporting farmers and ranchers, particularly beginning, minority, women, and veteran producers. The Center For Rural Affairs has received past federal grants from agencies like USDA, SBA, and EPA to deliver programming in areas such as conservation training for beginning farmers, agritourism support for veteran farmers, and farm to school initiatives.
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