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Puna Agriculture Support Training Assistance - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 01-13-2015
Many of the topics on this board discuss the possibility of Puna returning to an even more rural lifestyle, with an even greater lack of job opportunity. For those inclined to start their own ag related business, this might help:
The USDA is accepting applications for 2015:
USDA Announces More Than $18 Million to Support Training and Development for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
Fiscal Year 2015 applications for BFRDP are due March 13, 2015. Eligible applicants are collaborative, state, tribal, local, or regionally-based network or partnership of public or private entities, including state cooperative extension service; community-based and nongovernmental organization; colleges or universities (including institutions awarding associate degrees); or any other appropriate organization providing services to beginning farmers and ranchers.
http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/e8fe5a
RE: Puna Agriculture Support Training Assistance - punafish - 01-13-2015
And the acronym is easy to remember: Puna Agriculture Support Training Assistance = PASTA!
RE: Puna Agriculture Support Training Assistance - Kiana - 01-13-2015
Thanks, HOTPE. Great link and info.