CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Agriculture just lately prolonged the deadline for the Resilient Meals Methods Infrastructure Grant to April 15 at four p.m. The unique deadline was April 1.
The aim of the Resilient Meals Methods Infrastructure program is to construct resilience in the midst of the meals provide chain as a approach to offer extra markets for small farms and meals companies and help within the growth of value-added merchandise for shoppers. , truthful costs. , truthful wages and new job alternatives.
The funds will go to assist the growth of the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storage, transportation, wholesale and distribution of domestically and regionally produced meals, together with specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture and different meals merchandise. Merchandise that aren’t eligible for funding embrace meat and poultry, wild-caught seafood, completely animal feed and feed merchandise, fiber, landscaping initiatives, tobacco, or dietary dietary supplements.
Moreover, WVDA will award grants within the type of infrastructure grants to profitable candidates as a option to increase native and regional advertising and marketing choices and create extra native financial alternatives.
To use, go to https://agriculture.wv.gov/ag-business/ or contact Grants@wvda.us for extra data.
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