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Tanzania: African Development Bank supports small horticultural businesses with $2.5 million grant

Nicaragua is the second poorest nation in the region after Haiti. After decades of political instability, and still vulnerable to natural hazards, the country has achieved a remarkable economic turnaround and now is focusing on innovative ways of reducing poverty

Market-development grants awarded

The Chena Tool Library is expanding and can now help Fairbanksans in areas of food security, like gardening, processing meat, even beekeeping.

Market-development grants awarded

Commuters traveling along the J and Third Street bend in Marysville this summer may have noticed something different this year: a small festive spectacle filling up the gravel lot each

A modest rebound in U.S. wheat production and supplies is improving the outlook for profitability among grain elevators, and a sweet deal from the USDA’s Ag Marketing Service awarding over $15 million to promote the maple syrup industry.

The grants, made possible through the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program, will provide support for small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations to increase the quantity and quality of locally-grown food in communities experiencing food insecurity.

A modest rebound in U.S. wheat production and supplies is improving the outlook for profitability among grain elevators that store wheat as futures markets have improved for all three major wheat classes.

Hawaii will receive $3.5 million from the federal government to promote food security in the islands.