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Training for beginning organic farmers on the Central Coast will get a significant boost from a three-year U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) at UC Santa Cruz.
The $665,000 grant for "Building a Foundation for New Farmers: Training, Resources, and Networks" was announced today by Congressman Sam Farr, D-Carmel, and UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal.
Congressman Farr, who has championed organic agriculture on the Central Coast for more than 25 years, said the grant "recognizes the innovation in organic farming at UC Santa Cruz and the Central Coast.
"The Central Coast of California is the capital of organic agriculture," said Farr who co-chairs the House Organic Caucus and is the ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture. Farr co-sponsored the language that founded the Beginning Ranchers and Farmers Program in the 2008 Farm Bill.
Training for beginning organic farmers on the Central Coast will get a significant boost from a three-year U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) at UC Santa Cruz.
The $665,000 grant for "Building a Foundation for New Farmers: Training, Resources, and Networks" was announced today by Congressman Sam Farr, D-Carmel, and UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal.
Congressman Farr, who has championed organic agriculture on the Central Coast for more than 25 years, said the grant "recognizes the innovation in organic farming at UC Santa Cruz and the Central Coast.
"The Central Coast of California is the capital of organic agriculture," said Farr who co-chairs the House Organic Caucus and is the ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture. Farr co-sponsored the language that founded the Beginning Ranchers and Farmers Program in the 2008 Farm Bill.
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