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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon’s Meyer Memorial Trust sets April 18<sup>th</sup> deadline to apply for $3.9 million in
</span><a href="https://mmt.org/news/our-door-now-open"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Housing Opportunities</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> funding, $3.6 million in
</span><a href="https://mmt.org/news/get-ready-submit-your-healthy-environment-grant-proposals"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Healthy Environment</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
funding, $4.3 million in </span><a href="https://mmt.org/news/funding-advance-equitable-outcomes-marginalized-communities"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Building Communities</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
funding, & $3.4 million in </span><a href="https://mmt.org/news/investing-meaningful-public-education-all"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Equitable Education</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
funding. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">USDA has set a May 7<sup>th</sup> deadline for a total of $13 million under the
</span><a href="ttps://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=301381"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Farmers Market Promotion</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
program. Some 60 grants are expected to be awarded ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 to “to increase domestic consumption of and access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products, & to develop new market opportunities for farm & ranch operations
serving local markets by developing, improving, expanding, &providing outreach, training, & technical assistance to, or assisting in the development, improvement, & expansion of domestic farmers’ markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture programs,
agritourism activities & other direct producer-to-consumer market opportunities.” For additional info:
<a href="https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/fmpp">https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/fmpp</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">USDA also has set May 7<sup>th</sup> as the due date for applications under its $13 million
</span><a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Local Food Promotion</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> program which expects
to award some 60 grants of between $25,000 & $500,000 “to increase domestic consumption of and access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products, and to develop new market opportunities for farm and ranch operations serving local markets.” For
additional info: <a href="https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/lfpp">https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/lfpp</a>
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