{"id":25976,"date":"2023-04-17T15:11:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=25976"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:11:04","slug":"coming-on-april-20th-virtual-question-and-answer-session-on-usdas-disaster-assistance-to-help-california-farmers-and-agriculture-communities-recover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/coming-on-april-20th-virtual-question-and-answer-session-on-usdas-disaster-assistance-to-help-california-farmers-and-agriculture-communities-recover\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming on April 20th – Virtual Question-and-Answer Session on USDA\u2019s Disaster Assistance to Help California Farmers and Agriculture Communities Recover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Was your California farming operation impacted by a natural disaster? Or do you live in a California agricultural community that was impacted? Join us for a virtual question-and-answer session to learn more about programs and resources that may be available to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What:              Question-and-answer session with USDA and California Department of Food and Agriculture about Disaster Assistance in California <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When:            Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 8 a.m. PT <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where:           Virtual via Microsoft Teams. Click here to join<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This session builds on the California disaster assistance webinar hosted last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) that covered programs that can help farmers and agricultural communities impacted by current disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this session, you\u2019ll be able to submit questions to USDA\u2019s Farm Production and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservation Deputy Under Secretary Gloria Monta\u00f1o Greene and CDFA\u2019s Undersecretary Christine Birdsong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you weren\u2019t able to attend the webinar, you can watch the recording here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other resources are available to producers, including the online Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool<\/a>, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet<\/a>, and Loan Assistance Tool<\/a>. For rural communities, there are USDA Rural Development (RD) programs and services that can help rural residents, businesses and communities impacted by disasters and support long-term planning and recovery efforts. Please visit the Resource Guides that are availableinEnglish<\/a> and Spanish<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on resources to recover and rebuild, visit your local USDA service center.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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