North Dakota Ag Connection - Orchard Grant Deadline Extended

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Orchard Grant Deadline Extended
North Dakota Ag Connection - 01/18/2019

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that $52,500 is available to help North Dakota communities and schools plant orchards and gardens in 2019. The original deadline of Jan. 11 has been extended until Jan. 31 to increase the pool of applicants. The review process will start after the new deadline.

Communities and schools are eligible to apply for grants of $500 to $7,500. The grants are available on a competitive basis.

Grant funds can be used for plants, trees, planting supplies, soil amendments, irrigation and fencing supplies. Grant funds cannot be used to purchase land, permanent structures or for capital expenditures. Grant funds are for new projects and not the continuation of existing projects.

Application forms for the grants are available on the NDDA website at https://www.nd.gov/ndda/government-affairs-division/local-foods/community-orchard-project.

Questions about the grant program should be directed to Jamie Good, local foods marketing specialist at (701) 328-2659 or jgood@nd.gov.

The North Dakota Community Orchard Project is, funded through the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

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