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Nebraska Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
This may be a grant opportunity for someone, but the deadline is drawing near.....
http://www.agr.ne.gov/division/apd/specialty_crop_block_grant_progr...
From this URL: ....'Examples of “enhancing the competitiveness of specialty crops” include, but are not limited to: improving the efficiency and reducing costs of distribution systems; assisting all entities in the specialty crop distribution chain in developing “Good Agricultural Practices,” “Good Handling Practices,” “Good Manufacturing Practices,” and in cost-share arrangements for funding audits of such systems for small farmers, packers, and processors; investing in specialty crop research, including organic research, to focus on conservation and environmental outcomes; enhancing food safety; developing new and improved seed varieties and specialty crops; pest and disease control; and sustainability.'...
http://www.agr.ne.gov/division/apd/specialty_crop_block_grant_progr...
From this URL: ....'Examples of “enhancing the competitiveness of specialty crops” include, but are not limited to: improving the efficiency and reducing costs of distribution systems; assisting all entities in the specialty crop distribution chain in developing “Good Agricultural Practices,” “Good Handling Practices,” “Good Manufacturing Practices,” and in cost-share arrangements for funding audits of such systems for small farmers, packers, and processors; investing in specialty crop research, including organic research, to focus on conservation and environmental outcomes; enhancing food safety; developing new and improved seed varieties and specialty crops; pest and disease control; and sustainability.'...
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