California Department of Agriculture’s Office of Farm to Fork announced the award of $11.67 million through the Urban Agriculture Grant Program to 33 projects across California. Two types of grants have been awarded: Track 1 is the Systems Builder Community-Based Block Grant for community organizations, which will provide between $5,000 and $60,000 to urban agriculture […]

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) has published its 2023 Annual Report, Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture. The report includes a message from the outgoing director Vern Grubinger, an overview of outcomes reported by all projects completed in the past year, profiles of individual projects from each of our seven grant programs, a list of […]

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources was awarded $1.7 million for the California Next Generation and Equitable Climate Action Plan, as part of the state’s Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy and California’s 30×30 Initiative. Project leaders will use this funding to focus on two of the most pressing climate action issues: equitable […]

USDA is expanding its Nursery Value Select (NVS) crop insurance to all counties in all states. This pilot program enables nursery producers to select the dollar amount of coverage that best fits their risk management needs. NVS provides similar but improved coverage to the longstanding Nursery Field Grown and Container program. NVS also covers field […]

The federal Corporate Transparency Act that went into effect in 2024 requires most registered companies to complete “Beneficial Ownership Information Reports.” Iowa State University Extension and Outreach explains that companies must provide information about the company, as well as information about each beneficial owner who owns at least 25% of the company, as well as […]