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The USDA’s new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production has announced the first recipients of $4.1 million in grants and cooperative agreements.
Grants have been awarded for 10 planning and implementation projects including community gardens, nonprofit farms, business plan and zone development and increasing food production access in economically distressed communities.
Nearly $1.1 million is going towards 13 community compost and food waste reduction projects.
