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Monitoring the Giants: Tracking Resilience of Giant Sequoias After Wildfires
Agriculture
FNS Awards $740,000 to California to Improve Fraud Prevention, Detection in SNAP
Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Updated Aug. 16, 2022) USDA Food and Nutrition Service today awarded California a SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant. This investment will help the state improve its recipient fraud prevention, detection, and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework, a toolkit designed to help states prevent and detect fraud and sharpen their investigative techniques.
Agriculture
FNS Awards $352,091 to Illinois to Improve Fraud Prevention, Detection in SNAP
Release: CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Updated Aug. 16, 2022) USDA Food and Nutrition Service today awarded the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) a SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant. This investment will help the state improve its recipient fraud prevention, detection, and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework, a toolkit designed to help states prevent and detect fraud and sharpen their investigative techniques.
Agriculture
USDA Celebrates 30th Anniversary of SNAP-Ed at a California School
Release: By Mary Kay Gominger, Public Affairs Director, Western Regional Office of Food and Nutrition Service.
Agriculture
FNS Awards $404,037 to Texas to Improve Fraud Prevention, Detection in SNAP
Release: DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2022 (Updated Aug. 16, 2022) USDA Food and Nutrition Service today awarded the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) a SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant. This investment will help the state improve its recipient fraud prevention, detection, and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework, a toolkit designed to help states prevent and detect fraud and sharpen their investigative techniques.
Agriculture
USDA-FS grant application closes on Nov. 18
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 Southern and IITF grant opened on Aug. 10.
Agriculture
USDA Invests Nearly $8M to Improve Dietary Health and Nutrition Security
Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of nearly $8 million to support the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Produce Prescription Program. The funding is part of USDAs American Rescue Plan efforts and will be administered by USDAs National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Agriculture
FNS Awards $750,000 to Wyoming to Improve Fraud Prevention, Detection in SNAP
Release: DENVER, Colo. Aug. 10, 2022 USDA Food and Nutrition Service today awarded Wyoming a SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant. This investment will help the state improve its recipient fraud prevention, detection, and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework, a toolkit designed to help states prevent and detect fraud and sharpen their investigative techniques.
Agriculture
USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting Aug. 10
Announcement for Program Funding for NRCS's Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Classic Program for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2022 grant opened on Aug. 10.
Agriculture
USDA Announces the Second Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it will hold the second virtual USDA Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair on Sept. 14, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT.
Agriculture
USDA-FS grant application closes on Dec. 15
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 Tribes grant opened on Aug. 10.
Agriculture
Export Sales to China
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 196,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.
Agriculture
FNS Awards $741,751 to Wisconsin to Improve Fraud Prevention, Detection in SNAP
Release: CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Updated Aug. 16, 2022) USDA Food and Nutrition Service today awarded the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) a SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant. This investment will help the state improve its recipient fraud prevention, detection, and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework, a toolkit designed to help states prevent and detect fraud and sharpen their investigative techniques.
Agriculture
USDA-FS offers new grant application process starting Aug. 10
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 Northeast and Midwest grant opened on Aug. 10.
Agriculture
USDA-NIFA offers new grant application process starting Aug. 10
Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program grant opened on Aug. 10.
Agriculture
Vilsack: Spending proposal would allow USDA 'to lead the charge'
The Inflation Reduction Act offers the U.S. Department of Agriculture the resources it needs to address the climate crisis, negotiate for lower prescription-drug prices, bolster energy security and create jobs.
Agriculture
New notice from Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to be published on Aug. 10
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 10.
Agriculture
Senator Blackburn: 'Ban the CCP from buying U.S. farmland'
U.S. Sen. Blackburn attacked the Democratic Party for not doing enough to keep the CCP out of American agriculture
Agriculture
Export Sales to China
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 133,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.
Agriculture
USDA's Vilsack on new $1 billion program: 'These investments are crucial to tackling the wildfire crisis'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a new $1 billion program to boost protection and response against wildfires in at-risk communities.
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