06-15-2016, 06:33 AM
I just received this by email a few minutes ago. Here's an excerpt, the entire press release is available at the link after the excerpt:
Hilo, Hawaii, June 15, 2016
USDA is providing $5.8 million for grants and loans to support rural economic development projects and create jobs in 11 states. In Hawaii, Feed the Hunger Foundation (FTHF) received a $500,000 loan to make microloans to rural microentrepreneurs and microenterprises. The funding is contingent upon the recipient meeting the terms of the loan agreement.
“This loan will help Feed the Hunger Foundation continue their work of assisting individual business anywhere within the food system through microloans investing in healthier, local and sustainable food."
Feed the Hunger Foundation provides loans to low-income people, primarily immigrant food entrepreneurs on the islands of Maui, Oahu and Hawaii. Fifty percent of their clients are female headed households. Their goal is to eliminate poverty and hunger through microfinance while at the same time, providing Hawaii with local, sustainable food that is healthy and accessible.
http://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/news-rel...-11-states
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky
Hilo, Hawaii, June 15, 2016
USDA is providing $5.8 million for grants and loans to support rural economic development projects and create jobs in 11 states. In Hawaii, Feed the Hunger Foundation (FTHF) received a $500,000 loan to make microloans to rural microentrepreneurs and microenterprises. The funding is contingent upon the recipient meeting the terms of the loan agreement.
“This loan will help Feed the Hunger Foundation continue their work of assisting individual business anywhere within the food system through microloans investing in healthier, local and sustainable food."
Feed the Hunger Foundation provides loans to low-income people, primarily immigrant food entrepreneurs on the islands of Maui, Oahu and Hawaii. Fifty percent of their clients are female headed households. Their goal is to eliminate poverty and hunger through microfinance while at the same time, providing Hawaii with local, sustainable food that is healthy and accessible.
http://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/news-rel...-11-states
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves