AGENCY: Risk Management Agency
Community Outreach and Assistance Partnerships
Type: Competitive Cooperative Agreements
Max Award:$150,000
Big Idea: RMA partnerships work with educational institutions and community based organizations to provide farmers and ranchers with information on new ways to manage risks to their businesses. Risk management strategies including production, marketing, legal and financial and crop insurance. The program teaches risk management strategies including production, marketing, legal and financial and crop insurance to minority, limited resource and traditionally underserved producers.
Who can apply:
- Not for profit etc.:Not for profits
Can you see an opportunity where you live?:
- Real Examples:In North Carolina, Appalachian Grown is using RMA funds to provide limited resource and underserved farmers with support knowledge and tools necessary to access and operate successfully in the burgeoning markets for locally grown food.
