Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

permaculture - Re: Building Better Rural Places, resource guide to Agric & Forestry

permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: permaculture

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Ben Emerick <bemerick@uiuc.edu>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Building Better Rural Places, resource guide to Agric & Forestry
  • Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 10:15:45 -0600


for granters:

* Steve Diver <steved@ncatark.uark.edu> [05.02.01 19:24] stated:
> Do you or your clients sometimes wonder what funds or technical
> assistance are available from all those USDA agencies and other
> federal programs? How can you find a phone number or a web page
> to simplify your search? Who you gonna call?
>
> Announcing the availability of "Building Better Rural Places,"
> a 2001 resource guide to federal programs offering assistance in
> agriculture, forestry, conservation, and rural community development
> -- available in print as well as on the web.
>
> Building Better Rural Places
> http://www.attra.org/guide/index.htm
>
> Building Better Rural Places: Federal Programs for Sustainable
> Agriculture, Forestry, Conservation and Community Development
> January 2001; 160 pages
>
> "Building Better Rural Places" provides descriptions and contact
> information for 80 federal programs -- primarily in USDA but also
> the EPA and Fish and Wildlife Service -- that offer support to
> farmers and others seeking technical assistance, information, or
> financial resources on topics like:
>
> *sustainable agriculture
> *forestry
> *entrepreneurship
> *marketing
> *adding value
> *conservation
> *community development
> *sustainable land and resource management
>
> Those federal programs -- located around the country as well
> as in Washington, DC -- are organized according to the following
> categories (number of programs are listed in parenthesis):
>
> Research, Information and New Technologies (19)
> Financing Businesses and New Enterprises (17)
> Management Assistance (5)
> Marketing Assistance (6)
> Conservation and Resource Management (12)
> Community Development (9)
> Additional Resources (10)
> General Information Sources (3)
>
> The guide will be especially helpful to farmers, land managers,
> entrepreneurs, community developers, conservationists,
> organizations, and businesses. The guide also aims to help
> employees with USDA and other federal agencies become aware
> of and take better advantage of the enormous array of federal
> programs and resources available to support agricultural and
> forestry innnovations.
>
> The guide resulted from a collaboration of individuals from USDA
> agencies who are working together for sustainable rural development,
> and compiled in concert with the Michael Fields Agricultural
> Institute in Wisconsin.
>
> USDA agencies and programs providing major support for this
> publication:
>
> Resource Conservation and Development
> Natural Resources Conservation Service
> U.S. Forest Service
> Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service
> Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE)
>
> HTML and PDF web versions are available on the ATTRA web
> page, located at:
>
> Building Better Rural Places
> http://www.attra.org/guide/index.htm
>
> To obtain a free, printed copy of "Building Better Rural Places,"
> please contact:
>
> Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)
> P.O. Box 3657
> Fayetteville, AR 72702
> 800-346-9140
> 501-442-9842 Fax
>
> =============================================
>
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to permaculture as: bemerick@uiuc.edu
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu
> Get the list FAQ at:
> http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/documents/permaculture.faq




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page