05.18.2005

USDA ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION FOR SMALL-SCALE/LIMITED RESOURCE FARMERS INITIATIVE
From USDA

USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and the Caribbean Area will each dedicate up to $500,000 in program funds for the Small-Scale/Limited Resource Farmer Initiative.

The Program is intended to help increase participation in USDA voluntary conservation programs through improved outreach efforts to limited resource farmers. No deadline was provided.

Farmers interested in the Small-Scale/Limited Resource Farmers Initiative should contact their local USDA Service Center or NRCS Office, located at http://offices.usda.gov.

Additional information for small farmers and ranchers is on the Web at http://www.usda.gov/oce/smallfarm and http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/altlist.htm.