{"id":17648,"date":"2019-04-09T08:44:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=17648"},"modified":"2019-04-09T08:45:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:45:53","slug":"beginning-farmer-and-rancher-program-accepting-applications-for-education-grants-for-2019-and-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/04\/09\/beginning-farmer-and-rancher-program-accepting-applications-for-education-grants-for-2019-and-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning farmer and rancher program accepting applications for education grants for 2019 and 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Instruction.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Instruction.jpg 320w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Instruction-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Announcement from the USDA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USDA&#8217;s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) provides grants to organizations for education, mentoring, and technical assistance initiatives for beginning farmers or ranchers. Ensuring there will be a \u201cnew generation\u201d of beginning farmers and ranchers \u2014 regardless of age or production choice \u2014 is especially important to the continuation of agricultural production in the United States.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications are now being accepted for 2019 and 2020. Learn more here:  <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grants.gov\/web\/grants\/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314549--currently\">https:\/\/www.grants.gov\/web\/grants\/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314549&#8211;currently\ufeff<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Eligibility<\/em>: Applications may only be submitted by a collaborative state, tribal, local, or regionally-based network or partnership of qualified public and\/or private entities. 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