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		<title>SARE Grants Available for Sustainable Ag Efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/09/sare-grants-available-for-sustainable-ag-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Knudsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, a USDA grants program, supports agricultural efforts that meet the three principles of sustainability. Farmers and others who participate in the agricultural field need to demonstrate that their projects are economically viable, environmentally sound and socially responsible when they apply to the following grants:
Professional Development Program Grant
Amount: [...]


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		<title>People&#8217;s Garden Pilot Program</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/peoples-garden-pilot-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Knudsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Access]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is launching a pilot program for the People&#8217;s Garden School. This program will allow organizations to develop and manage community gardens at schools in low-income neighborhoods. Students will be taught how to tend to the garden, and will learn about the importance of including fresh food in their diet.
There [...]


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		<title>Value-Added Producer Grants from USDA</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/value-added-producer-grants-from-usda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/value-added-producer-grants-from-usda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to try making value-added products but lack the funds to do so?  Then this USDA grant may be for you.
Grants may be used for planning activities and for working capital for marketing value-added agricultural products and for farm-based renewable energy. Eligible applicants are independent producers, farmer and rancher cooperatives, agricultural producer groups, and [...]


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		<title>Subsidies Send Mixed Messages About Diet</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/subsidies-send-mixed-messages-about-diet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/subsidies-send-mixed-messages-about-diet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Knudsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sightline has found a couple of studies that indicate that as food with poor nutritional quality gets relatively cheaper, our waistlines grow larger. Since 1985, the price of food in the &#8220;sugar and sweets&#8221; category of the University of Washington study actually fell (when adjusted for inflation). While nutritional foodstuffs cost significantly more today than [...]


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		<title>Financiers Seeking Sustainable Farms</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/07/financiers-seeking-sustainable-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/07/financiers-seeking-sustainable-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Knudsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reaping The Green]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A conscientious finance firm is taking a look at agriculture, and telling its investors to do the same. RSF Social Finance believes that investing in sustainable farms or food groups focused on community have a lot to offer and will be around in the long run.
This is a good omen for farmers who are putting [...]


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		<title>Children&#8217;s Garden Funding Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/07/childrens-garden-funding-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/07/childrens-garden-funding-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are funding opportunities from the American Gardening Association:
2010 Golden Carrot Awards
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is seeking nominations for its Golden Carrot Awards for outstanding school food service professionals who have developed and implemented a healthful and successful school lunch program. The grand prize winner will receive $1,500 and a $3,500 check made [...]


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		<title>Grants for Gardens</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/06/grants-for-gardens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/06/grants-for-gardens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have everything lined up for your community garden project except the funding?  Here is a great resource page from the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) on where to apply for grants.
Find out more about funding sources such as:
Profits for the Planet Program
Stonyfield Farm&#8217;s Profits for the Planet Program (PFP) provides funding to efforts [...]


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		<title>Vermiculture: The Economic Benefits of Creepy Crawlies</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/04/vermiculture-the-economic-benefits-of-creepy-crawlies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/04/vermiculture-the-economic-benefits-of-creepy-crawlies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Knudsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Your Backyard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They may be slimy but worms play an important role in making gardens grow. This article by Winston Ross (which was originally published in the Ashland Daily Tidings) takes a look at how one Oregon farm benefits from the rich compost that worms produce and from the growing demand for the worms themselves.
In the shadow [...]


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		<title>USDA is Propping Up Organic Farms</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/04/usda-is-propping-up-organic-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/04/usda-is-propping-up-organic-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Knudsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ag policies of the Obama administration are beginning to pile up. At the 2010 Policy Conference last week, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan reasserted her support for small, organic farmers and for the initiatives that would help them better provide fresh, healthful food for American communities.
In her speech, she addressed the [...]


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		<title>USDA Releases Request for Applications for Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Grants</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/03/usda-releases-request-for-applications-for-agriculture-and-food-research-initiative-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/03/usda-releases-request-for-applications-for-agriculture-and-food-research-initiative-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley DeForest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture released the long-anticipated 2010 Request for Applications (RFAs) for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).  Significantly overhauled and with more funding to award than in past years, the AFRI RFAs define a substantive portion of USDA’s research agenda, and by extension, the agricultural system the [...]


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