Local Food Promotion Grant-Writing Workshop Offered

March 2, 2015 Cooperative Extension, Outreach

A grant-writing workshop designed for people interested in submitting federal applications for the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program will be offered 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Monday, March 23, at Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., Augusta.

The training is free; registration is required by March 16. Lunch will be provided. Register online or contact Caragh Fitzgerald, 207.622.7546, cfitzgerald@maine.edu. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, call Fitzgerald, 800.287.148 (TTY 800.287.8957).

University of Maine Cooperative 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.