permaculture

[Ben Emerick <bemerick@uiuc.edu>]

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
> 
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