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USDA Announces $100 Million Investment to Help Families Buy Food for Their Children During Summer Months

USDA Announces $100 Million Investment to Help Families Buy Food for Their Children During Summer Months

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SUN Bucks program readily available in numerous states this summer season WASHINGTON, July 10, 2024-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today revealed it is offering $100 million in grants to assist states, Tribal Nations, and U.S. areas carry out SUN Bucks-- a brand-new, long-term program that assists households purchase groceries for their kids throughout the summertime. SUN Bucks, likewise called Summer EBT, belongs to the SUN Programs: USDA's Summer Nutrition Programs for Kids that lower expenses for households and enhance food and nutrition security throughout summer season break when kids lose access to school meals. SUN Bucks offers households in getting involved states a $120 grocery advantage for each qualified school-aged kid to purchase food at supermarket, f...
Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy Launch Initiative to Help Farmers Reduce Costs with Underutilized Renewable Technologies as part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy Launch Initiative to Help Farmers Reduce Costs with Underutilized Renewable Technologies as part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2024-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today are releasing a brand-new effort to assist farmers cut expenses and boost earnings utilizing underutilized sustainable innovations consisting of smaller-scale wind jobs. Through the Rural and Agricultural Income & & Savings from Renewable Energy (RAISE) effort, USDA is setting a preliminary objective of assisting 400 private farmers release smaller-scale wind jobs utilizing USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). This objective is just possible since of President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act which offered more than $144 million in grant financing for underutilized innovations through the REAP program. In addition, today DOE is revealing an overall of $4 million in...