Entries by Tracy Mumma

USDA Announces Repriorization of Funding to Farmers

USDA has announced the cancellation of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative and its reformulation into the Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP) initiative. USDA explained that “select projects may continue […]

Montana Grazing Lands Coalition Grants

Grant proposals are accepted year-round and reviewed monthly. The Montana Grazing Lands Coalition offers Education Grants and Demonstration Grants in an effort to support sound grazing management principles and practices. […]

Regenerative Farmer Assurance Fund

Healing Soils Foundation (HSF) launched the Regenerative Farmer Assurance Fund (RFAF) to provide critical financial relief to organic and regenerative farmers facing delays in public funding. HSF created RFAF as […]

EQIP Bridge Loan Program

​The Soil Health Opportunities & Tools Fund (SHOT Fund) EQIP Bridge Loan program provides landowners and farmers with flexible funding to cover the upfront costs of installing USDA Environmental Quality […]

Shared Kitchen Toolkit Second Edition Now Available

The Shared Kitchen Toolkit provides best practices, expert insights, and practical tools for shared kitchen operators, to help kitchens thrive. This newly updated 2nd Edition replaces the 2017 original and […]

Agrivoltaic Project to Incorporate Perennial Grain

American Farmland Trust (AFT) and Sol Systems announced an agrivoltaic initiative aimed at growing Kernza® perennial grain under solar panels at the Eldorado Phase II project in Illinois. The partners […]