This investment is part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BRDDP) that supports a wide range of professional development activities across an array of important topics for new farmers and ranchers, such as managing capital, acquiring and managing land, and learning effe
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association as an awardee of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. The grant award, $906,390 ($725,112 of federal dollars and $181,278 in matching funds), is to be distributed over three years and support production and financial training through mentorship, peer-to-peer learning, […]
Young Alaskans seeking to break into commercial fishing face a lot of the same barriers that confront young farmers in the Lower 48 states, but they have far fewer resources