{"id":25043,"date":"2022-10-05T15:59:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=25043"},"modified":"2022-10-05T15:59:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:59:31","slug":"california-underserved-and-small-producers-program-cusp-provides-drought-support-to-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/10\/05\/california-underserved-and-small-producers-program-cusp-provides-drought-support-to-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"California Underserved and Small Producers Program (CUSP) provides drought support to farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/CUSP\/\">The California Underserved and Small Producers Grant Program<\/a> (CUSP) was created through the 2021-2022 Budget Act and facilitates direct assistance to individual small and mid-scale and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers who are facing challenges related to the current drought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program supports community based organizations, Resource Conservation Districts, Tribal governments and the\u00a0UCANR small farm advisor network\u00a0to provide direct technical assistance support and relief grants to small-scale socially disadvantaged producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, we meet a Central Valley farmer who faces challenges related to the drought and we see the work undertaken by a network of local technical assistance providers to get the farmer the help she needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/78Thbkv0TcE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The current application period\u00a0for the CUSP program closes on October 31. 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To apply, please visit their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/fresnoabirc.org\">http:\/\/fresnoabirc.org<\/a> or call them at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=abirc&amp;rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS923US928&amp;oq=abirc&amp;aqs=chrome.0.0i355i512j46i175i199i512j46i10i199i433i465i512j0i10i512j46i10i199i465i512j0i10i131i433i512l3j46i10i131i199i433i465i512j46i10i175i199i512.34181j0j15&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#\">(559) 402-0067<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more info on the CUSP program and to learn about future application periods, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdfa.ca.gov%2FCUSP%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csteve.lyle%40cdfa.ca.gov%7Ca563830291634dfcab2308daa71abe14%7Cafdfd251a22248978cbaae68cabfffbc%7C0%7C0%7C638006030539969105%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XhbG%2BIuvBcfBnuHXYS9W4Y3i2U%2BJLmsShp5sVrwbFKI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.cdfa.ca.gov\/CUSP\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Underserved and Small Producers Grant Program (CUSP) was created through the 2021-2022 Budget Act and facilitates direct assistance to individual small and mid-scale and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers who are facing challenges related to the current drought. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/10\/05\/california-underserved-and-small-producers-program-cusp-provides-drought-support-to-farmers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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