Sun Journal Reports on Local Food Promotion Grant-Writing Workshop
The Sun Journal reported on a grant-writing workshop in Augusta being offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The March 23 event is designed for people interested in submitting federal applications for the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The training is free; online registration is required by March 16. UMaine Extension is conducting the workshop under the Agricultural Marketing Service Technical Assistance Project, in collaboration with the Maine Federation of Farmers Markets and the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture.