{"id":26066,"date":"2023-05-03T15:45:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T22:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=26066"},"modified":"2023-05-03T15:45:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T22:45:41","slug":"secretary-ross-praises-usda-investments-in-regional-food-business-systems-and-supply-chain-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/secretary-ross-praises-usda-investments-in-regional-food-business-systems-and-supply-chain-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Ross praises USDA investments in Regional Food Business Systems and supply chain infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The USDA today announced investments in 12 Regional Food Business Centers&#8211;including one in California&#8211;that will provide coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building to help farmers, ranchers, and other food businesses access new markets and navigate federal, state, and local resources. In addition, the USDA announced a Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI) to fund innovative projects designed to invest in processing and distribution capacity to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain and strengthen local and regional food systems     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CDFA Secretary Karen Ross: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very encouraged by today\u2019s announcement by the USDA. The investment in the University of California\u2019s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) as a Regional Food Business Center  brings tremendous expertise and technical assistance to support our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/agvision\/\">Ag Vision<\/a> goals of building healthy communities and local, resilient climate-smart food systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe total USDA investment of $820 million creates a tremendous opportunity for collaboration and partnerships throughout the state to expand opportunities for every Californian to have access to healthy CA Grown food as well as job opportunities in local food systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dI appreciate Secretary Vilsack\u2019s commitment to making investments like these so meaningful for rural communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2023\/05\/03\/usda-announces-finalists-twelve-new-usda-regional-food-business\">Link to USDA news release<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ams.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/RFSP_FactSheet.pdf\">fact sheet<\/a> and this <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ams.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/2022RFSPFAQs.pdf\"><strong>FAQ<\/strong> <strong>document<\/strong><\/a> <strong>about Regional Food System Partnerships<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USDA today announced investments in 12 Regional Food Business Centers&#8211;including one in California&#8211;that will provide coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building to help farmers, ranchers, and other food businesses access new markets and navigate federal, state, and local resources. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/secretary-ross-praises-usda-investments-in-regional-food-business-systems-and-supply-chain-infrastructure\/\">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-26066","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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